I noticed too that now that the old dinosaur incumbents in various industrial complexes can no longer compete, they want to get rid of non-compete clauses - so they can instead poach talent or at least those who had access to the latest technologies and process of actually innovative companies.
It's been collapsing since digital piracy had first appeared. Then perpetuated by countries being elective at what kind of "intellectual property" rights they choose to respect.
"People with money" are a crucial milestone, because they were the ones who were actually actively benefiting from and upholding this institution.
Except it's not collapsing. The only legal changes have been to allow billionaires to do whatever they want whenever they want, and have been made by judges and not legislatively. You're still going to get sued to oblivion.
edit: if we let them, they're just going to merge with the media companies and cross-license to each other.
There is a whole wide world beyond just obsessing over "billionaires" in a tiny us-centric corner of the world.
One could point out China, who totally has so much respect for someone's notion of legality. Or France that had never cared for software patents. Or one could point out good old pirates, who were always relatively successful at giving a middle finger to the notion of "intellectual property". "Billionaires" are simply another straw, peculiar only in the sense that they were the pillar upholding this institution.
And speaking of "not legislatively, but judges":
1. Not every country has a common law legal system
2. Just take a look at Japan's AI legislations.
Is it really? It's all boils down to powerplay, really. And lately lots of powerful entities, from nations to corporations, seem to be poised on disrupting this institution.
loceng|1 year ago
p_j_w|1 year ago
foverzar|1 year ago
"People with money" are a crucial milestone, because they were the ones who were actually actively benefiting from and upholding this institution.
pessimizer|1 year ago
edit: if we let them, they're just going to merge with the media companies and cross-license to each other.
foverzar|1 year ago
One could point out China, who totally has so much respect for someone's notion of legality. Or France that had never cared for software patents. Or one could point out good old pirates, who were always relatively successful at giving a middle finger to the notion of "intellectual property". "Billionaires" are simply another straw, peculiar only in the sense that they were the pillar upholding this institution.
And speaking of "not legislatively, but judges": 1. Not every country has a common law legal system 2. Just take a look at Japan's AI legislations.
asddubs|1 year ago
foverzar|1 year ago