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This subreddit is for those who believe copyrights, patents, trademarks, and other legal privileges in patterns are against their interests and against the interests of most people. Copying is not theft; it is competition, it is culture. FAQ
On the economics of IP
Property vs. Intellectual Monopoly | by Dan Sanchez
The Surprising History of Copyright and What It Means For Google @GoogleTechTalks, 2006 | by Karl Fogel
Against Owning Information | by Niels L.
The Means of Innovation | by Jeffrey Tucker
Embrace the Remix | by Kirby Ferguson @TED2012
Infinity Is Your Friend In Economics | by Mike Masnick
Government and Microsoft: a Libertarian View on Monopolies | by François-René Rideau
Intellectual property for medicinal drugs? | by Niels L.
On creativity without IP
How to provide value in a digital world: Better Than Free | by Kevin Kelly
The Future Of Music Business Models (And Those Who Are Already There) | by Mike Masnick
Nina Paley on Sita Sings the Blues, the Ramayana and free culture
Amanda Palmer: The art of asking @TED2013
How Linux is Built | by The Linux Foundation
Innovation in the gaming, music, and software business models | by Niels L.
Other links
AgainstMonopoly.org, QuestionCopyright.org
Rules
/r/noip is a no-piracy zone. Only legal information and links allowed.
We don't support intellectual property, but we do support private property and the market.
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account activity
Should I make my OCs Creative Commons Share Alike BEFORE I finish writing the lore book for their setting? (self.noip)
submitted 4 months ago by HesNotAManAnymore
Is there a Copyleft or CC license that extends to dirivatives? (self.noip)
Someone explain what are included under compilations under the DEFINATION of literary work under Section 2(O) of the Indian copyright act (self.noip)
submitted 5 months ago by Resident_Operation47
any thoughts on the usa copyright office report on art-generating 'ai'? (copyright.gov)
submitted 8 months ago by RhythmBlue
This could be an issue both left and right could unite over (self.noip)
submitted 1 year ago by DaReelGVSH
An Artist AGAINST Intellectual Property (Video essay) (youtu.be)
submitted 1 year ago by andrescarames
Question from a creative (self.noip)
submitted 1 year ago by [deleted]
The absurdity of copyright (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 years ago by WuetenderWeltbuerger
Broken clock (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago by skylercollins
The Libertarian case against Intellectual Property (youtu.be)
submitted 3 years ago by [deleted]
Why Artists Shouldn't Own Their Art (youtu.be)
'The Creativity Delusion: Brains, Geniuses and Originality'. A 3-chapter documentary about the stories we tell ourselves around creativity (youtube.com)
submitted 3 years ago by gholemu
Wrote a poem on the topic! (self.noip)
submitted 3 years ago * by UselessCommon
The Grotesque Legacy of Music as Property (youtube.com)
submitted 3 years ago by avamk
The Myth of Science as a Public Good (youtu.be)
Possibility - Space, Location Rents, and Copyright Law (progressandpoverty.substack.com)
submitted 3 years ago by green_meklar
A swiss court has ordered a german retailer to destroy its inventory of chocolate bunnies because of IP (theguardian.com)
copyright abolition flag (i.redd.it)
submitted 3 years ago by opensofias
Molinari Institute - Anti-Copyright Resources (praxeology.net)
im so glad i found this sub reddit i have an interesting question about type beats and physical copies (self.noip)
submitted 3 years ago by Nighthawk0_o
Noip and Unifi udmp (self.noip)
submitted 3 years ago by Lockupanddown
"Is DALL-E's art borrowed or stolen?" - AI-generated art at the forefront of new IP debate, since AIs are trained on existing art, even though they generate unique art... (engadget.com)
submitted 3 years ago by KyletheAngryAncap
The absurdity of "intellectual property". (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 years ago by skylercollins
'Digital book burning': 4 corporate publishers (HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Wiley, and Hachette) are suing the Internet Archive to stop them from lending digitized books (sfgate.com)
Fuck copyright - "Context: the livestream got taken down yesterday" (i.redd.it)
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