翠星石 on Nostr: feld >What does copyright really get us? Waste. Lots of waste. Especially e-waste. ...
feld (nprofile…xyvy) >What does copyright really get us? Waste. Lots of waste. Especially e-waste. Tons of products that cannot be repaired or reverse engineered.
Copyright has nothing to do with e-waste.
Many e-waste products are only e-waste due to copyright infringement of the software they run and compliance with those copyright licenses (the GPLv2, GPLv3 and/or LGPLv2.1 ) would make those no longer e-waste.
Copyright does not in fact restrict reverse engineering - it's typically contract law that is abused to try to do that.
>- important groundbreaking medicines invented but will never be brought to market because it's not profitable enough
That has nothing to do with copyright as copyright does not apply to medicines.
Many drugs are discovered and patented up the wazoo, with some efficiency against a condition or infection (but require more work to saleable), but are not developed and brought to market because it's determined that the drug won't net billions from paypigs.
>- insulin pumps that cannot be repaired
A lot of the time that's only because the software on the pump has no source code and not necessarily because it's copyrighted and because the pump lacks schematics.
>- tractors that cannot be repaired - cars that cannot be repaired
The tractors and cars can be repaired just fine, it's just that the proprietary software will refuse to operate if it detects an unauthorized repair (even if the software wasn't copyrighted, it would still refuse to operate).
>- printer ink cartridges that cannot be refilled
Same as above except for re-filled.
Some printer ink cartridges have been refilled by 3rd parties, which required flipping a bit in a microprocessor and it was ruled that flipping such bit did not infringe copyright.
>- software that's important, functional, but technically EOL and unusable anymore because the only computer it runs on is dead >or allow anyone to reverse engineer it or make it work on modern computers
If it's proprietary, chances are the software is not in fact important or functional.
If you don't make the error of using proprietary software, you won't ever face that issue.
With GNU you have the freedom to write replacement software to any proprietary software that works on modern computers without needing copyright permission.
Copyright has nothing to do with e-waste.
Many e-waste products are only e-waste due to copyright infringement of the software they run and compliance with those copyright licenses (the GPLv2, GPLv3 and/or LGPLv2.1 ) would make those no longer e-waste.
Copyright does not in fact restrict reverse engineering - it's typically contract law that is abused to try to do that.
>- important groundbreaking medicines invented but will never be brought to market because it's not profitable enough
That has nothing to do with copyright as copyright does not apply to medicines.
Many drugs are discovered and patented up the wazoo, with some efficiency against a condition or infection (but require more work to saleable), but are not developed and brought to market because it's determined that the drug won't net billions from paypigs.
>- insulin pumps that cannot be repaired
A lot of the time that's only because the software on the pump has no source code and not necessarily because it's copyrighted and because the pump lacks schematics.
>- tractors that cannot be repaired - cars that cannot be repaired
The tractors and cars can be repaired just fine, it's just that the proprietary software will refuse to operate if it detects an unauthorized repair (even if the software wasn't copyrighted, it would still refuse to operate).
>- printer ink cartridges that cannot be refilled
Same as above except for re-filled.
Some printer ink cartridges have been refilled by 3rd parties, which required flipping a bit in a microprocessor and it was ruled that flipping such bit did not infringe copyright.
>- software that's important, functional, but technically EOL and unusable anymore because the only computer it runs on is dead >or allow anyone to reverse engineer it or make it work on modern computers
If it's proprietary, chances are the software is not in fact important or functional.
If you don't make the error of using proprietary software, you won't ever face that issue.
With GNU you have the freedom to write replacement software to any proprietary software that works on modern computers without needing copyright permission.