Re:Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate
by grishka on Monday May 17, 2021 @07:03PM
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Any law only works if the majority of the population is on board with it. Especially when breaking it doesn't result in any damage. (Lost profits off of potentially selling an imaginary right to a particular sequence of bits aren't damage.) Copyright simply doesn't work because most people either don't care or are actively against it. Marijuana prohibition doesn't work either for the same exact reason.
Now, I would respect copyright, but only if two things change. First, it should last no more than 3 years for creative works and the term should be dependent on the field for patents. Second, it should not be transferable.
> and not even any more advanced civilizations to help us
I think there are other civilizations. The universe is unimaginably immense, it's very much improbable that there aren't other planets with life. And, we can't completely disregard the idea that we aren't the first advanced civilization on earth.
> What if copyright turns out to be the Great Filter?
That's unlikely. My bet would be that there are other intelligent civilizations, they're more advanced than us, and they're watching us waiting for us to discover something before allowing any contact. That could be the origin of life, or the theory of everything, or a free/extremely efficient energy source, or some kind of spaceship engine that would allow faster than light travel, or any number of things really. It might be something social, but probably not copyright — world peace maybe? Or some entirely novel type of economy that benefits everyone instead of making the richest even richer and everyone else miserable?
Now, I would respect copyright, but only if two things change. First, it should last no more than 3 years for creative works and the term should be dependent on the field for patents. Second, it should not be transferable.
> and not even any more advanced civilizations to help us
I think there are other civilizations. The universe is unimaginably immense, it's very much improbable that there aren't other planets with life. And, we can't completely disregard the idea that we aren't the first advanced civilization on earth.
> What if copyright turns out to be the Great Filter?
That's unlikely. My bet would be that there are other intelligent civilizations, they're more advanced than us, and they're watching us waiting for us to discover something before allowing any contact. That could be the origin of life, or the theory of everything, or a free/extremely efficient energy source, or some kind of spaceship engine that would allow faster than light travel, or any number of things really. It might be something social, but probably not copyright — world peace maybe? Or some entirely novel type of economy that benefits everyone instead of making the richest even richer and everyone else miserable?