Copyright does more harm than good and should be abolished

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“Copyright does more harm than good and should be abolished”

@ailurocrat@scicomm.xyz @wod0bow@mastodon.social @aphedges@hachyderm.io @paulshryock@phpc.social Copyright does far more harm than good and should be abolished. It doesn't protect the livelihood of individuals and small businesses in practice. Instead, it's a weapon wielded by large corporations to protect their monopolies. It's abused to take down content that's not in violation of copyright and to restrict people being able to use/repair/modify/backup their property. Large corporations getting special exceptions from it didn't start with LLMs.

Key facts

• Large corporations may use copyright to maintain monopolies
• Copyright can be used to restrict property use and modification
• Abuse of copyright can lead to takedown of non-infringing content
• Copyright may hinder the ability to repair, modify, or backup property
• Copyright does more harm than good and should be abolished
• Abuse of copyright can lead to takedown of non-infringing content
• Copyright may hinder the ability to repair, modify, or backup property

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