@emptywheel Your unstated premise is that IP is a prerequisite for capitalism. Wrong, wrong, wrong. IP is incompatible with capitalism.
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@kevin_bowen Fair point, and I largely agree.
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@emptywheel Bad day to have thrown out my Deleuze. -
@jjkaraganis I've got extra, prolly 2 boxes in the garage. Want the French or the English translation? -
@emptywheel Audiobook? (Was only 1/2 kidding. Massive purge of 25 yro post structuralism underway.)
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@emptywheel Why not? Key to IP is ability to extract $ for use/acess or exclude others, doesn't hve to be exclude *all* others tho. -
@emptywheel I'd say can't have IP if near-total transparency, but that's not wht NSA doing. W/o privacy IP fine but freedom & dignity suffer
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@emptywheel I'm stealing that thought!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel exvellent pointThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel You're right that privacy is necessary for capitalism, but not because of IP.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel IP would remain an agreement between gov and "property owner" which it already is. Just slightly modified.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Big question behind your question is: Can capitalism exist without trust?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Some privacy required for maintaining IP. Current climate proves government can violate nearly all privacy w/o total collapse.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel If there is no privacy, there is no person.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel: if there is no privacy there is no intellectual property.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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