Re: Were Intellectual Property to be abolished altogether, would you or FSF support it?

[Paul Sutton]

On 11/07/2021 00:44, Yasuaki Kudo wrote:
> This is a thought experiment:
>
> Would you or FSF support the idea of abolishing the concept of intellectual 
> property altogether, making any form of 'Software Licensing', including GPL, 
> null and void.  Gone also will be any form of Patents and Copyrights.
>
> Just curious 😄
> -Yasu

Given that the Creative Commons "wanna work together video" says we have 
an all rights reserved copyright on anything we create,  surely we need 
some rights if we create something.

It protects what we create surely and allows us to make money from 
this,k people need to eat, buy clothes, pay rents etc.   If we removed 
that ability then how would we make money.

This gives creators a base to either make the copyright stronger or 
release under a cc license or even a cc-0 licensel

I do like the idea that creators should be paid directly, I know the 
music industry gives people a bad deal on that one.

I create stuff that people seem just happy to make use of without even 
giving me credit, or even just take credit for them selves.

This needs more discussion as there are clearly ideas that depend on our 
own viewpoint, which depend on our own knowledge and experience.  I 
don't think there is a black and white answer to this.  Looking at 
Aarons response there seems to be a need for some safeguards in place.

Paul

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