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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by x86_64Ubuntu on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:32PM (#30223442)
>...Likewise if the free market is used as a way to reduce the availability of content,

That's literally the whole premise of things like copyright and patents. You can't just run out and start distributing NFL streams, copies of movies, or Disney labeled memorabilia without the expressed permission of the people who own that content.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by christophilus on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:45PM (#30223577)
> copyright and patents

Which are arguably a government-imposed regulatory capture whose disfunction causes the market to be less free. So, it sounds like the two of you kind of agree?

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by dragonwriter on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:48PM (#30223603)
Copyrights and patents are exactly as much government-imposed regulatory capture as any other legal property rights are.
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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by swagasaurus-rex on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:05PM (#30223793)
Before there was courts, it was finders keepers.

Imagine the destruction that would cause.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by computerfriend on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:47PM (#30223599)
That's not very convincing to anyone who doesn't already support your position on copyright.
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