Comment by chongli
20 hours ago
which is what we're seeing with Apple
Apple is the result of a broad class of regulations: IP laws. Would Apple even exist without IP laws? I doubt it.
20 hours ago
which is what we're seeing with Apple
Apple is the result of a broad class of regulations: IP laws. Would Apple even exist without IP laws? I doubt it.
That's besides the point. If Apple isn't viable as a business without the ability to misinterpret copyright law, then they shouldn't exist at all.
It isn't though. The argument is that regulations are necessary to rein in big companies like Apple. But if regulations created the monster in the first place, it's not a good argument in favour of regulations.
A proper laissez-faire capitalist economy would not have any legally-enforced monopolies at all. That means no IP laws whatsoever!