How shocking! A monopoly right granted by the government to exclude others from use of an idea (patents) and creative works (intellectual property) was intended to help the little guy, but ended up helping the big boys extract rents instead, while exploiting the little guy because they sold their rights to survive and get access to a platform?
It’s almost as if governments (even capitalist ones) work with industry and concentration of power perpetuates this kind of consolidation further. They keep us distracted so we don’t have enough collective willpower to get together and demand reform, or even better — create our own alternative open ecosystems.
https://janefriedman.com/i-would-rather-see-my-books-pirated...
It’s almost as if governments (even capitalist ones) work with industry and concentration of power perpetuates this kind of consolidation further. They keep us distracted so we don’t have enough collective willpower to get together and demand reform, or even better — create our own alternative open ecosystems.
I write about many other examples of government-industry distracting us here: https://magarshak.com/blog/?p=362