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Hot take:

I know the 😎 edgy techno-left 😎 position on copyright is "intellectual property is still property" but it's pretty lame for the techno-left to accept the narrative of capitalists abolishing the only type of property that can be produced by something everyone inherently owns, and no other property.

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I think the means and outcome are being confused. You can support directly with royalties too, no need for middleman. Middleman only exists where necessary, it's the case even for patronage.

I think in the digital age copyright is more trouble than it’s worth. If you substitute paying royalties with direct support, there’s no capitalist middleman and the artist would actually make more money. 

It’s hard to convince people to pay for something they get for free, sure, but that’s true under capitalism as well. So why not push towards a solidarity and mutualist economy now, rather than wasting time making lawyers rich

intellectual property is a complex debate but I am with you, we should start by defend the only mean of production we own, our own labour