• Joe@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 months ago

      If that involves stifling other’s creativity and harming society, then I’d argue no.

      Realistically, it is a balancing act.

      Copyright, patent and even trademark laws should promote sustainable creativity and societal progress. They try to achieve this by granting some extra (non-intrinsic) rights to creators.

      That these are regularly abused to stifle competition and creativity in the name of profit is a cancer deserving treatment.

      And faced with an imperfect world: If any law or its implementation feels unjust, then most people will feel morally OK with breaking it.