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Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by dmos62 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @08:59AM (#29080530)
The creators are themselves fruit of the society. It's short-sighted to grant them the privilege to withhold their fruit.
Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by mdp2021 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:28AM (#29080877)
Really obscure: be more clear.

The creators are not simply the outcome of a populated space but of its navigation, through orientation, implying the sought, the accepted and the refused. Their «fruit» is produced accordingly - and not just "owing to society", but also "in spite of it" - and represents an intention, which is conditional to the product itself.

Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by dmos62 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:55PM (#29083940)
Intention, orientation and living "in spite" of society is part and parcel of the social individual. I'm not putting him down; I'm just deflating him. I'm not devaluing individualism either, it's a tool, but, to me, to say that an individual has autogenerated his achievements is like saying that a plant's flower does not come from the plant.
Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by emn13 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:06AM (#29080605)
While I agree wholeheartedly, since the overly-clever invention of copyright that ship has kind of sailed. The vast majority of IP is owner controlled, because a few people hundreds of years ago thought it would be cheaper to just throw things into the court system, rather than deal with taxation, subsidies, and other regulation.

And way back then - when courts where a thing, but a broad tax base was not, and in any case society didn't have the kind of near-instant communication networks available now - that might even have made sense.

Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by simondotau on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:13AM (#29080673)
And yet society grants this privilege; rather pervasively in fact.
Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by andrepd on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:28AM (#29080872)
Sure, but we do that all the time don't we? It's called private property.

I agree with your intention, but there's a balance to be struck between individual contributions and those of wider society.

Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by madaxe_again on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:15AM (#29080696)
Indeed. I would like your life savings, please, as I too am part of society. Venmo or PayPal?