• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think you know it wasn’t steamboat that I was referring to.

    So let me ask you: if a company can own an idea how come they get to own ideas off those ideas? Do farms get own the energy I get from food? Why are derived works also held by the company forever?

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      9 months ago

      I wasn’t sure if you meant steamboat, but that’s the cool thing about the word “otherwise”, I can give you conditional answers. English is neat that way.

      Anyway, like I said already copyright law isn’t in my wheelhouse. Actually, I’m confused, what are you arguing exactly? That pirated copies are derived works? I don’t understand what this has to do with piracy.

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        9 months ago

        I am pointing out that copyright law is written to protect the wealthy and not to protect artists, which is why I won’t defend it. In theory the law could be redesigned so that it did but that is not going to happen.

        On a related note: can you explain why I can’t patent it copyright a recipe? Is food not a creative act?