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RobA | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There is no such thing as intellectual property outside of stuff you keep secret.  Once you put it out in public it is no longer property.  It’s plagiarism when you claim to be the original creator of the exact thought and you’re not.  Plagiarism is an academic/reputation/moral issue, not a criminal issue.
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nusa | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think we have a practical problem. It’s just a gut feeling, so forgive me if I bungle my argument. If anything I write and post on nostr instantly becomes public it no longer matters who published it, because it can be copied endlessly and I can’t stop it. If we don’t care about authorship, then why bother with identity? If identity doesn’t matter, why do we insist on signing everything? I think this issue is important for creators.
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RobA | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think we care about authorship/identity because we care about reputation/trustworthiness.  The original organizer of good ideas will be who people seek out when they have new questions.  People who copy (including AIs) will only be able to answer with summaries of already answered questions.
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nusa | 2 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I keep coming back to reputation as well. It just seems fragile. Maybe it’s supposed to be. 

I also think it’s better to post into a public void and be aware that you are basically giving the words away, than posting on centralized platforms, where  there are miles of legal text of what will and won’t be done with your content which is then changed on a whim anyway. I just think we haven’t quite wrapped our heads around the fact that nostr is in fact a public square.