That’s exactly the point made by Cory Doctorow during his talk at the Chaos Communication Congress 2025: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
Europe should revoke US privileges that came along with free market agreements. Tarifs broke the agreements, so Europe let’s stop complying on your side too.
Please do, only a handful of wealthy people actually benefit from IP laws. The Americans defending it claim to be creative but are somehow unable to imagine anything better than intentional monopolies.
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” — Steve Biko
Sincerely,
an American who makes IP for a livingOr simply repeal the DRM laws that are the basis of the most exploitative US businesses. As Cory Doctorow has pointed out earlier
Or both.
Wouldn’t that be an outcome of this?
yes: it’s the same thing.
Roll back to 20 year copyright on media. Absolute bullshit for grandkids to be authorities on works created by people they didnt know and had no hand in creating.
At this point, it’s been pretty well proven that the idea of intellectual property does a lot more harm just in general than any problem it supposedly solves.
You want to end all of the monopolies? Take away the idea that ideas can be owned.
And all of these companies that routinely buy off elections? They can’t compete with free.
All of these medicines which cost ten million dollars per pill? People would LOVE to pay $5 per pill for them.
The idea of intellectual property does NOT spur innovation. That claim is laughable. What it DOES spur is the creation of the least valuable workable solution, and then the smallest possible incremental improvement whenever the patent or copyright is about to run out. It literally PREVENTS useful technologies from coming to market, and prevents the poor(who would rush into many job markets if there weren’t literal IP restrictions on them) from working in many cases.
I do think that creators should get a chance with their creations, be it a character a technology or a drug. I just dont think Mickey Mouse should belong to someone now.
It’s ok for Mickey Mouse to belong to someone - as a trademark. But the old films should be out of copyright.
AI is ignoring so many IP laws while the US government continues to push and collude with its cartels, all the while making sure the technology bubble is all AI and is all US centered. The EU certainly needs to do something, but I imagine many in the EU don’t want to put their own IP at risk.
don’t want to put their own IP at risk.
Understandably if you ask me. Instead of abolishing copyright laws we should just quiet quit on protecting US intellectual property and let everyone get away with infringing us copyright and give back the peoples access to to open seas 🏴☠️.
I approve the “Cory Doctorow’s law”.
You don’t need army and nukes to fuck up the USA. All you need is to hit its economy.
And then there’s Trump, who’s managing to use the US army to fuck up everyone’s economy, including their own. Talk about thinking ouside the box…
Years ago they gave Apple a patent for using your face to open your phone, neither of which are technologies with any link to Apple. That’s all you need to know.
THIS was an appropriate time to be using falsifying-quotes:
the “nuclear” option.
Unfortunately, Netanyahu’s nearly-certainly weighing the actual nuclear option on Iran, then ALL Muslim-countries, the minute ANYone retaliates ( mass-shooting, nuclear style ).
Which means that keeping things clear, differentiating between “nuclear” & nuclear, would be wise.
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this does get me. What is the us leverage at this point? Why is any coutry going along at this point with our crazy ip laws?
Because our countries aren’t sovereign. Capitalism is a system where capitalists dictate politics. But capitalists aren’t loyal to their home countries, they’re loyal to their the capitalist class. So they have no incentive to dictate politics in the benefit of the countries they rule. The USA as an institution is their main instrument and army. So of course they’ll protect the USA.
If you doubt me, you can try to verify it. Pick a small handful of capitalists in a EU country, and check where their money is. If they own more stocks in USA companies than they do EU companies, then assuredly they’ll prioritise the USA’s economy over the EUs economies.
This shit is two months old??
Certainly an interesting prospect. Good to see you hear on the fediverse too!
How about EU doesn’t attack anything but rather just repair a broken and outdated relationship?
Sounds very one sided.
Been trying, seems to have no effect.
I’m down to destroy patents, copyrights and all, I’m against those on principle anyway.
If US companies are going to ignore European sovereignty while also demanding corporate welfare why should Europe be the one to repair the relationship?
By " repair the relationship", do you mean precision strike the oval office ?
