Couldn’t disagree more; IP is the only way we could have found to properly compensate creators for the value of their work. To throw out intellectual property is to throw out art itself.
> To throw out intellectual property is to throw out art itself.
Art is older than intellectual property.
"To throw out intellectual property" wouldn't stop anybody to continue making art, it would at most challenge the way we build an economy around it.
Finally you've raised what could be an interesting point. :)
Is there usefulness in the quantity of film / television / music being created today?
Would we be better off as a society if there was... less?
Maybe turning off the fountain of crap would be an improvement? :)
Either way, it's not up to you to decide utility arbitrarily. Besides, if the art is bad, why are you pirating it in the first place? The problem is that people want the art too much, and are willing to break the social contract in order to obtain it.
That's a bold claim. My opinion is different though.
> Besides, if the art is bad, why are you pirating it in the first place?
Why are you accusing me of doing so? Are you basing it upon my not having the same viewpoint as you?
Maybe start reading a few books about it, or take a class? You're trying to argue that ethics literally does not exist, which is quite a tall order.
Have you ever actually published anything for others to purchase?
So, evidence please. :)
Hopefully you'll be able to understand the world a bit more and contribute meaningfully to it when you're older.
Best of luck. :)
I suspect you are either not proud of your published work, or providing a link or examples would diminish rather than strengthen your position in this debate. It's easy to argue about morals and social contracts if you've published a literary work; less so if, for example, it winds up being a fan DnD extension module on DriveThruRPG.
Someone is querying your credentials to learn about you, where you're coming from, what perspective you have, what skin you have, so to speak, in the game. Dodging behind some notion of having to "earn" your credentials when you have taken a very strong and contrarian position is disingenuous.
What you must earn is my respect, and the person I replied to has lost that.
I've observed there's a lot of them about.
Unlike say... someone making claims but unable to provide evidence.
Umm you do realize that some of the greatest works of art were created LONG before "IP" was a thing right? The patronage system did pretty well....
But you don't seem to value art...?
Since you seem to be a stickler for rules and agreements I'd urge you to re-read the guidelines for posting comments on this site (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) as looking through this thread you are definitely flirting with the edges of them.
I'm not sure why piracy is the internet hill you've decided to die on regarding arguments but I'm going to choose to disengage, give zero cares to your views on my morality, and use my own best judgement on when it's moral to pirate or not.
Besides, nobody asked you to reply to me in the first place. You engaging/disengaging was always at your own impulse. Nobody was requesting you say anything at all, so returning to that state concerns only you.