Guilds and trade unions are the classical definition of a rent-seeking entity, which is why the Authors Guild has been such an implacable defender of copyright maximalism, in order to maximize the income of their members, which is a union's job
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At least we agree in general, I apologize for taking it personally. I consider myself a mutualist. I don't support IP law as is, especially after the attempt to criminalizing folks torrenting in the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty.
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This isn't because I have any great love for "workerism" or extolling good hearty workers who hit stuff with hammers as being better human beings than the lumpen who don't But people do in fact have the right to organize around controlling the product of their labor
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That we can definitely agree on. But IP law as is majoratively benefits corporations. It's gotten to a point that people producing medicines at cost in other markets are forced by treaty/law to cease production even if the patent holder has no interest in said market.
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