tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post5105064387341302154..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: YouTube/Google vs. ViacomFSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-75121137124489353622010-04-08T20:53:40.711-04:002010-04-08T20:53:40.711-04:00Actually the government doesn't directly enfor...Actually the government doesn't directly enforce intellectual property laws.<br /><br />It is up to individuals and companies to pay for courts and lawyers.<br /><br />And courts don't even actually even enforce their orders. You again have to pay for bailiffs.<br /><br />How much does court action cost?<br /><br />Lots. Quite simply an IP case could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to quite easily millions. Nothing will be fast. It will take years.<br /><br />Obviously in clear cut cases such as file-sharing presumably it might be cheaper.<br /><br />Effectively the only people that can enforce their intellectual property rights are the very rich.<br /><br />This means the rich can steal intellectual property from the poor.<br /><br />They and their bent lawyers know that an individual artist can't afford to take them to court.<br /><br />It is not justice, it is simply a load of bent lawyers on the make and the government allows the bent system to continue by not fixing the fact the court action is too expensive.<br /><br />The law, justice, morality and ownership has nothing to do with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-1038433990816154122010-03-29T13:20:09.704-04:002010-03-29T13:20:09.704-04:00government, who will build the roads?" Simila...<i>government, who will build the roads?" Similarly, "Without intellectual property, who will pay the artist?" More generally, "Without violence, how can X earn a living?"</i><br /><br />---<br /><br />I like stating it this way, "Without intellectual property backed by State violence, people will steal property from X!".<br /><br />I say, "The State steals property from all. As a result, X gets a percentage of all property stolen!"gilliganscornernoreply@blogger.com