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Regarding the Intellectual Property Rights of writers and producers of books, music and movies:

Critics who are 1. against these folks having Intellectual Property Rights, and 2. also claim to broadly believe in and support the idea of Proof of Work in all/most areas of life -- these critics have cognitive dissonance and are dishonest.

Stealing the fruits of someone's hard work is BS.

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Tufty Sylvestris 8mo ago

Also bear in mind that open source licensing relies on copyright law to work.

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fractalchris 8mo ago

So what would be the effect on open source software if copyright laws were abolished?

Tufty Sylvestris 8mo ago

Copying software and turning it closed source would cease to be a problem if there was no way to enforce copyright. Might not be a big deal, but open source licences try to prevent that kind of behaviour because it would fragment development.

fractalchris 8mo ago

Makes sense 👍 thx