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The copyright concept is fine. Creators should enjoy the ownership of the products of their labor.

The problem is with the youtube's implementation. There are no negative effects for the large players who falsely claim copyright.



"Creators should enjoy the ownership of the products of their labor."

The basic issue some are concerned with is that "ownership" of intellectual property gives people or entities rights that infringe on regular property rights. There's an inherent conflict, so you can't just maximize both at once.


Copyright is not fine... it lasts way too long.


Which has nothing to do with copyright the concept but our particular current implementation of it.


You're not going to see any other implementation any time soon.


Also communism is fine, a few failed implementations don't prove the opposite.


Socialism is doing quiet well in Europe and seem to provides a much better standard of living for the average person than America's capitalism implementation.


I wouldn't call that a socialism.


> The problem is with the youtube's implementation

it is not.. it is with the existing laws


Our laws are the implementation of copyright I’m talking about and are distinct from the concept of copyright.


I understand that but I was not replying to you initially... we were talking about youtube's implementation of copyright law


Isn’t that an implementation detail?


not really, if your implementation has to comply with laws... more like an implementation requirement




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