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mleku | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 they are not

they are about a proxy to authenticity of the source of a product

intellectual property is just a right to claim rent, really big big difference
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mleku | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 do you buy a coca cola logo, or a fucking drink full of caffeine and caramel and phosphoric acid? with added coca extract... not to forget, that is key
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mleku | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 if you want to fall down a rabbithole go research how coca cola monopolised coca extract supply (and how the actual cocaine is key to pharma industry production of anaesthetics)
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Kanzan | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 let the buyer beware
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Kanzan | 3 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 also
they can be a legal fiction 
AND
a proxy for authenticity 

those statements are not mutually exclusive.
I'm just suggesting state violence isn't a preferable solution to the problem of ensuring authenticity.