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In reply to the discussion: Billionaires Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk Call To Eliminate Intellectual Property Rights for Creators [View all]John1956PA
(4,721 posts)1. Their goal is to make it easier for them to steal the creative innovations of others.
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Billionaires Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk Call To Eliminate Intellectual Property Rights for Creators [View all]
LudwigPastorius
Apr 2025
OP
Their goal is to make it easier for them to steal the creative innovations of others.
John1956PA
Apr 2025
#1
Definitely an excellent plan to destroy any incentive for creativity and innnovation.
Trueblue Texan
Apr 2025
#51
Mickey Mouse is in the public domain since January of last year after being copyrighted for 95 years.
Dave Bowman
Apr 2025
#39
Only the early, Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse is in the public domain.
generalbetrayus
Apr 2025
#45
Yup...muskrat has done it all his life. Buy something, claim he designed it and when it comes time for fresh
PortTack
Apr 2025
#27
I guess it'd be OK until someone stole a valuable piece of intellectual property from them.
patphil
Apr 2025
#20
Mucus et al make intellectual property but theirs is protected as trade secrets. They don't have to publish it.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#23
FUCK that. Instead, regulate the fuck out of AI. The continued lack of federal legislation is fucking absurd.
Karasu
Apr 2025
#24
I wish. But there's no putting the genie back in the bottle now thanks to all these billionaire fucks forcing it on us
Karasu
Apr 2025
#55
That's communism for intellectual property. Software is intellectual property.
bucolic_frolic
Apr 2025
#29
They should lead by example and give up rights for x.xom, twitter, and bluesky
Renew Deal
Apr 2025
#34
We want to use your intelectual property for our profit. See, that's how it's supposed to work. Get with the program ...
aggiesal
Apr 2025
#37
Gov. Pritzker vetoes bill that would have required llinois warehouse workers to know their quotas
Passages
Apr 2025
#47
As someone whose family has been involved in copyright law for 1,500 years
markodochartaigh
Apr 2025
#48