• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 months ago

          Correct. Patents and copyrights are state granted monopolies that are in direct opposition to free market forces that capitalism thrives on.

      • Malfeasant@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 months ago

        They are, actually. The point of patents and copyright is not to protect the creator- that’s a temporary effect. The point is to release the thing to the public afterwards. The problem is that capitalism corrupts the process and finds ways to make the temporary effects permanent. Disney has succeeded in making copyright last effectively forever.