< When people propose that copyright be abolished...
This isn't what the linked piece is about. The author's arguments are mainstays like:
1) IP laws mostly protect big corporations, not creators, since these corporations effectively leverage their control of distribution against creators.
2) The measures these corporations take to protect their IP succeed only at annoying legitimate customers. Piracy has never been curbed by anti-piracy practices.
3) Et al.
Abolishing an exploitative industry that preys on copyright holders and abolishing copyright itself are two very different things.
< When people propose that copyright be abolished...
This isn't what the linked piece is about. The author's arguments are mainstays like:
1) IP laws mostly protect big corporations, not creators, since these corporations effectively leverage their control of distribution against creators.
2) The measures these corporations take to protect their IP succeed only at annoying legitimate customers. Piracy has never been curbed by anti-piracy practices.
3) Et al.
Abolishing an exploitative industry that preys on copyright holders and abolishing copyright itself are two very different things.