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[โ€“] psud@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They encourage creation. Trademarks are different. In order to do so properly, they should be far more limited.

Right now the forever copyright means no one can remix sixty year old stories

Right now patents are issued for trivial IT "inventions" which stifle competing products.

Trademarks are fine. They are intended to protect you from misleading products. They let Apple sue people that sell stuff which might mislead you into thinking it's an apple product.

Of course trademarks are also abused, for example Apple uses trademarks to prevent recycling iPhone parts. That couple be fixed.

[โ€“] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Right now the forever copyright means no one can remix sixty year old stories

You can't even reprint 60-year-old stories.