He didn't grow rich via copywrong laws. He grew rich by creating value and selling it. Their business model was selling software. Copyright laws kept people from copying the software freely without paying for it.
Joshua Ward didn't grow rich via slavery. He grew rich by creating cotton and selling it. Their business model was selling cotton. Slavery laws kept people from breathing freely without paying for it.
What are "(c)opywrong" laws?
I'm not being facetious. What specifically are you drawing objection to?
Laws that make it illegal to use one's own property to share information.
A correction of the copyright misnomer.
Got it, so you have a general aversion to copyright, the concept of intellectual property, and to an extent, the funding of knowledge work I'm assuming?
You didn't carve out any exceptions, hence my assumption.
I have no aversion to `the funding of knowledge work`. (c)opywrong law is actually a huge tax on doing knowledge work for everyone except the 1%.
Can you help me understand how "[copyright] law is actually a huge tax on doing knowledge work for everyone except the 1%?"
Revenue gained from (c)opywrong law - minus sum of [all fees], [royalties], [license overhead], [additional red tape someone has to jump through to use information] - minus sum of the same for all government agencies that one pays taxes to.
> Revenue gained from [copyright] law - minus sum of [all fees], [royalties], [license overhead], [additional red tape someone has to jump through to use information] - minus sum of the same for all government agencies that one pays taxes to.
I'm not sure this answers the question. Who's revenue is this, and which of the elements you described is "a tax"?
To reduce inequity abolish (c)opywrong laws.
BG grew rich via (c)opywrong laws.
That is the dilemma. Does he see it and just not connect the dots? Or can he connect the dots but doesn't really care? I am not sure.