Gregory's Serverit really is wild how people act like copyright is a natural right, or some ancient thing, when it was invented in the early 18th century as a more publicly palatable version of a late 17th century censorship regime that gave specific printers a protected monopoly on printing approved books, and banned other books from being printed
yes, "protecting authors" is literally a marketing move. giving publishers monopolies is literally all it was designed to do
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@pikhq @SallyStrange interesting, thx for sharing. I want to tag #history
@pikhq @krisnelson Everything is a marketing move in some way, at least in a capitalist society. Things must be monetized so that the makers can pay their bills. Until we get to a Star Trek-like non-monetary system, things like copyright are needed so that artists and other creators may survive. Will they be exploited by some bad actors? Sure, but they do far more good than the harm caused by the bad actors.
@pikhq And that's all the effect it, in fact, has.