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Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 5 months ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The key problem is that copyright infringement by a private individual is regarded by the court as something so serious that it negates the right to privacy. It’s a sign of the twisted values that copyright has succeeded on imposing on many legal systems. It equates the mere copying of a digital file with serious crimes that merit a prison sentence, an evident absurdity.

This is a good example of how copyright’s continuing obsession with ownership and control of digital material is warping the entire legal system in the EU. What was supposed to be simply a fair way of rewarding creators has resulted in a monstrous system of routine government surveillance carried out on hundreds of millions of innocent people just in case they copy a digital file.

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[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I don't see the predictable effects of dropping IP laws as more harmful than the current reality. The idea is to protect small creators but the implementation does the opposite.

The solution, as is with so many societal issues, is UBI.

[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

A further solution than UBI is abolishing the exploitative system of capitalism, replacing it with post scarcity while implementing and maintaining true democracy where the people have actual power to vote on issues

Human rights should be respected most of all and should be legally ratified to protect human rights and equality to the fullest extent

Systems like sustainable energy and recycling can assist post scarcity, eliminating food wastage and finding new ways to recycle and use food bits that normally couldn't be consumed

New technologies and research into food production such as using vertical farms and aquaponics

Humans should be working together towards a better future in all aspects of life, no one's rights should be taken away in the name of equality either because then its not equality

I only see universal basic income as a transitional step towards what I have described

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Well sure, but "end the concept of Intellectual Property" is already a radical position to argue. Fully Automated Space Gay Communism is a little beyond the scope of the topic and a hard sell to normies.

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