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"Kopimism"
genkaku
Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
As I received it in email this morning here's an article about Sweden's latest 'religion,' Kopimism
Wikipedia describes Kopimism in part like this:
A "Kopimist" or "Kopimist intellectual" is a person who has the philosophical belief that all information should be freely distributed and unrestricted. This philosophy opposes the monopolization of knowledge in all its forms, such as copyright, and encourages piracy of all types of media including music, movies, TV shows, and software.
I don't know that it needs to be a religion, but I think the thrust of Kopimism looks at realities -- both economic and personal -- we might rather than view. "Intellectual property" (an oxymoron?) and "original thought" (another oxymoron?) cross my mind.
Wikipedia describes Kopimism in part like this:
A "Kopimist" or "Kopimist intellectual" is a person who has the philosophical belief that all information should be freely distributed and unrestricted. This philosophy opposes the monopolization of knowledge in all its forms, such as copyright, and encourages piracy of all types of media including music, movies, TV shows, and software.
I don't know that it needs to be a religion, but I think the thrust of Kopimism looks at realities -- both economic and personal -- we might rather than view. "Intellectual property" (an oxymoron?) and "original thought" (another oxymoron?) cross my mind.
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If we all pirate media instead of paying for it there's no money for production.
"Intellectual property" is not an oxymoron. Authors have the right to their work, and the right to get paid for years of research and writing. It's hard work they deserve to get compensated for. How would you like it if you spent a decade researching and writing a book, but the publisher just changed a little wording, and slapped someone else's name on the book, saying it's no longer your work, because a few words were changed? This is what happens to world-class academics in Russia. What about Pharma corporations who send and anthropologist to study with tribal healers in Amazonia, and the anthro comes back with medicinal information that Pharma makes millions off of? Why shouldn't the tribes get a cut? That's what intellectual property rights are about, among other things.