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1. Overclocked, Custom Fox (azure@vulpine.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2017 21:07:07 EST Overclocked, Custom Fox

   Man, I need to remember the Rule of Youtube:

   The Content Cartel are continuing their war on information,
   So download anything you actually like.

   1. Overclocked, Custom Fox (azure@vulpine.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2017 21:10:05 EST Overclocked, Custom Fox

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      And no. There aren't two sides to the issue. There is no excuse for TV and radio shows from the 40s and 50s to be under copyright. Let alone /clips/. It does not support the creation of new content, quite the opposite. It stifles expression and supports pure rent-seeking.

      1. slipstream/RoL‮⚡‭ (slipstream@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2017 21:49:49 EST slipstream/RoL‮⚡‭

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         @Azure the thing about copyright is it's not a one-size-fits-all affair either

         there's no reason for software from the 80s/90s to still be under copyright either.

         1. Overclocked, Custom Fox (azure@vulpine.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2017 21:51:26 EST Overclocked, Custom Fox

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            @slipstream That is true! It makes perfect sense to scale copyright by medium and industry, if you're going to have copyright.

            (I sort of have mixed feelings about software. On one level I'd like to see some sort of code escrow as a condition for granting copyright to software, so that if it ever stops being maintained/actively developed, the code is automatically released to the public.)

            1. Overclocked, Custom Fox (azure@vulpine.club)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2017 21:52:35 EST Overclocked, Custom Fox

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               @slipstream Essentially, I think copyright and patents are not /property/ they are a /monopoly granted by the state to gain some benefit/ and as such we should set more or less uniform conditions on that monopoly that ensure society as a whole gains from granting that monopoly.