People talk about a world where there's no such thing as copyright because they think that's a winnable battle -- there's very large and wealthy corporations that will take their side on it because they'd benefit from it Nobody says that about abolishing title in fee simple
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I mean, yes, you could spitball a way that in some world with communal computing resources no one is allowed to monopolize in any way "Facebook" still exists purely as a brand name, a Seal of Approval on websites up to Facebook's standard of quality
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But it wouldn't be the world we have today The existence of Facebook in its current form absolutely demands that there be no way that I can make a http://facebook.com page against their will and just put it in their database next to the "official ones"
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But lots of people have physical access to lots of computing resources. That doesn't make them competitive with Facebook. They can try all they want It's a combination of brand, code, and the actual data stored on specifically Facebook's physical infrastructure that holds value.
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All three of these things are "intellectual property". If facebook weren't allowed to own servers but was still allowed these three things - the system would fall apart - but still you wouldn't be able to compete with Facebook.
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