Comment by qeternity
11 hours ago
You’re confusing two things. It’s very different to change or reduce the IP protections companies have.
It’s entirely another to force them or restrict them from engaging in transactions between consenting parties that do not infringe on a third party.
Limits on protection could also be applied to the IP from the licensing company. They would know their potential exposure when signing the contract.
We live in a society. If they want their government protected IP rights then they have to follow the law.
If we want to talk about "consenting parties" well me decompiling your code and selling it to a 3rd party is consensus, and infringing on IP rights.
The fact that they weaponize the government against me sharing code is a handout given to a group that doesn't deserve it.