alt Hacker NewsI cannot imagine it somehow impacts parents.
Copyright and patents are completely independent concepts.
The “perpetual” part is the issue but “rent seeking” is the entire reason that copyright and patents exist to begin with.
I cannot imagine it somehow impacts parents.
Copyright and patents are completely independent concepts.
The “perpetual” part is the issue but “rent seeking” is the entire reason that copyright and patents exist to begin with.
No — providing funding to promote creation and discovery is why those exist; granting a temporary monopoly is the mechanism meant to accomplish that goal.
This sounds pedantic, but it’s important to not mistake the means for an end:
> To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-8...