• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    They kind of could. They could employ someone to own the copyright, and pay them handsomely to retain control of that copyright.

    That’s honestly how it should be. The same should be true for patents.

    Trademark, however, should be company controlled.

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      14 hours ago

      Oh I didn’t mean that it couldn’t be done. Just that it wouldn’t be. The people who control such things are actively moving our system in the opposite direction.

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        13 hours ago

        Not without a populist movement, no.

        And IMO, it shouldn’t be our top priority either. We should focus on electoral reform so it’s easier to get decent representatives in office, making it easier to pass stuff like this.