• RedCat@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 months ago

    Wow everything about this post is garbage. The humans you can find on Twitter are amazing.

    1. Hbomber is not even a communist (although he makes good videos)

    2. Communists don't want to abolish ALL property. Just private property.

    3. Yes intellectual property is fake but being against someone making money from the work of others is in line with communist ideals.

  • Bay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    Plagiarism is not pirating. Before copyright existed I doubt it would be socially acceptable to just steal people's ideas as your own.

    When I showed a pirated copy of Star Wars to my partner, I didn't claim I made the movie.

    • Red_Scare [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      6 months ago

      Actually the concept changed a lot over time. A few centuries ago it was perfectly acceptable to take someone's story and characters and retell it in your own way, but copying someone's style was frowned upon.

      • Bay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]
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        6 months ago

        I would consider that fanfiction in modern parlence and I see it as distinct from plagiarism and piracy as well. And morally okay, good even.

  • LeninsCat@lemmygrad.ml
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    6 months ago

    Intellectual property is indeed fake, but in a capitalist society it's supposed to at least make living off your own creative work possible. Supporting that is completely different than supporting private property which is property owned and worked by other people for profit.

  • blakeus12 [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    yep, communists, famous defenders of intellectual property...?