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Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter (now X) and Square (now Block), sparked a weekend’s worth of debate around intellectual property, patents, and copyright, with a characteristically terse post declaring, “delete all IP law.”

X’s current owner Elon Musk quickly replied, “I agree.”

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[-] Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 106 points 2 weeks ago

I'm fully in favour of abolishing IP law for everyone, ideally globally.

Public domain everything.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago

That would just ensure that no one ever commits resources to developing something new...

[-] inmatarian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not strictly true, if we're talking about pharmaceuticals or other types of trade information, it would lead us back to a world of fiercely guarded corporate secrets. Here's your medicine drug, but we won't tell you anything about how its made or whats in it.

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