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  • How exactly is the copyright system good? It’s literally just a tool for large companies to stifle competition.

    There are a lot of FOSS projects that are done because people simply want to do them, your assumption that only the profit motive gets people to do literally anything is very telling. The profit motive is exactly why our society is as horrible as it is, healthcare, government corruption, the entertainment industry in general, just look around and tell me things are going well when we go into literally everything hoping to be able to profit off other people.

    Copyright and most “intellectual property” laws are simply stifling the human race in the name of disproportionately enriching the few who have absolutely enjoyed the free labor of others to get to the place they are now.

    I’m not saying people shouldn’t be rewarded for doing good work, but that’s not what this system actually accomplishes. It’s just the illusion of a system of meritocracy.