Oddbean new post about login | logout We live in a society that values the money of few more than the right of most. In the world of software we have DRM systems, software patents, widespread proprietary software and fearmongering about open source, censorship and other violations of human rights. Pandering to the interests of the richest capitalists rather than the freedom of everyone and sharing of knowledge.
Intellectual property is anti freedom, and anti capitalist, and ironically anti property. Like slavery, it uses the name "property", but it has nothing to do with property, and everything to do with control over other people.