On: SCOTUS: Patent Rights Over a Printer Cartridge Are...

[sigzero]

No government should force that. It should be up to the company on where it's goods are sold etc.

[CamperBob2 → sigzero]

If the government is going to act as hired muscle for the copyright industry, then it should have at least some room to dictate the terms.

[Thrillington → sigzero]

Sure, if your only goal is to maximize profit extraction and wealth consolidation.

[matt4077 → sigzero]

The great thing about the law is that it can be whatever we collectively decide it to be.

And considering that companies don't have any moral rights, you need to proof that affording them such power positively affects actual people.

[AnimalMuppet → sigzero]

Corporations have rights, true. But consumers also have rights.

[IanCal → AnimalMuppet]

For example of a small thing that's discussed by the EU with regards to this, if I get a netflix subscription here then go over the border I can no longer watch what I have even already downloaded. Netflix should not have to stop someone watching a show just because they went a bit further down the road.