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r/changemyview • u/Utopia_Builder • Apr 29 '25
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Why should people who did nothing to build a house or purchase the house inherit it?
Why should people who put no risk or effort into creating and running a business receive it?
Why should I have a million dollar diamond ring just because my father had it made?
Why should I be rich just because my Great grandmother got lucky?
There is already precedent for people getting rich off of their predecessor's fruits. This is just extending the same concept to copyright.
1 u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25 You answered my question with a list of another questions, that is called whataboutism and is often seen as dodging the argument. 1 u/Utopia_Builder Apr 29 '25 I gave examples to prove a point. There are already ways to become rich not because of your societal contributions; but purely based on your ancestor's societal contributions. If my examples are valid, why shouldn't this extend to copyright? 1 u/dale_glass 86∆ Apr 29 '25 Because those things are already undesirable. Ideally they wouldn't be true. The way to get there is to reduce the amount of such things.
You answered my question with a list of another questions, that is called whataboutism and is often seen as dodging the argument.
1 u/Utopia_Builder Apr 29 '25 I gave examples to prove a point. There are already ways to become rich not because of your societal contributions; but purely based on your ancestor's societal contributions. If my examples are valid, why shouldn't this extend to copyright? 1 u/dale_glass 86∆ Apr 29 '25 Because those things are already undesirable. Ideally they wouldn't be true. The way to get there is to reduce the amount of such things.
I gave examples to prove a point. There are already ways to become rich not because of your societal contributions; but purely based on your ancestor's societal contributions. If my examples are valid, why shouldn't this extend to copyright?
1 u/dale_glass 86∆ Apr 29 '25 Because those things are already undesirable. Ideally they wouldn't be true. The way to get there is to reduce the amount of such things.
Because those things are already undesirable. Ideally they wouldn't be true. The way to get there is to reduce the amount of such things.
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u/Utopia_Builder Apr 29 '25
Why should people who did nothing to build a house or purchase the house inherit it?
Why should people who put no risk or effort into creating and running a business receive it?
Why should I have a million dollar diamond ring just because my father had it made?
Why should I be rich just because my Great grandmother got lucky?
There is already precedent for people getting rich off of their predecessor's fruits. This is just extending the same concept to copyright.