Re:Do We Need Copyright?
by tender_euler on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:59PM
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I would say that banana is the property of the tree the gorilla "stole" it from.
And I don't think animals see this banana as "property of the gorilla" as you suggested.
I think they see it as "if I try to take this banana from that gorilla, I will get slapped"
Re:Do We Need Copyright?
by simondotau on Sunday June 04, 2023 @10:20PM
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The bananas weren’t stolen, they were sold to the gorilla in return for seed distribution services. The tree wants the gorilla to distribute the banana seed within a fertiliser package (poop) some distance away. And the gorilla wants calories, which the tree can endlessly produce using solar power. It’s a fair trade.
Didn't the banana plant (not a tree, technically) produce that banana using nutrients stolen from the soil, carbon dioxide stolen from the air, energy stolen from the sun, etc.?
Re:Do We Need Copyright?
by midoridensha on Monday June 05, 2023 @08:44PM
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Exactly: the whole system is based on theft, and should be stopped.
Re:Do We Need Copyright?
by andrekandre on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:14PM
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> That banana is the property of that gorilla.
is there a semantically relevant distinction between property and possession?
i might be inclined to have said "the gorilla is in possession of the banana" but im not sure about "property of"...?
Vs. even comprehending the concepts of copyright and intellectual property requires a very modern human education and worldview.
(But consider how many $millions are paid to a great many lawyers, contingent on their managing to convince a great many people that those two very different concepts of "property" are the same, and a certain famous quote by Upton Sinclair.)