Free software is communism

not sure what you're on about, but IP doesn't exist, it doesn't even make sense
DMCA is an ultracapitalist idea. it's like suing the sun because it gave you skin cancer

agreed

Yeah, programming is probably the only one thing that benefits from copyright. You can disassemble a car but disassembling machine code is just too painful.

It's pretty simple, FOSS undermines private property. Even into today software is sold as though it is scarce. Its not straightforward to the layperson on how to make a backup of a PS4 game.
With proprietary software companies had way more control and could charge more for software. Going back to the PS4 example if a game disc breaks the average person will buy another copy instead of booting a backup.
Libre software wrecks all these business models. Anytime you harm someone's ability to make money of their property you are undermining private property. Most software execs still think FOSS is Communist as well. Its not, but you can't deny it doenst hurt private property rights.

This is true of only open source software, not libre software, which very much does effect the economics of software sales.

programming _doesn't_ benefit from copyright you nignog. it's a prime example of why copyright is retarded
false and false. already done and anyone too lazy to read assembly is too lazy to read source code beyond some retarded high level analysis to post to HN for upvotes

I'd love to see you “analyze” the 1s and 0s of some huge shit like Photoshop.

Who would want to have that pile of garbage?
It comes with a fucking browser because it uses HTML and Flash for the GUI and it's like an OS in itself.

FLOSS undermines the idea of making money out of thin air. In every field you get paid for your work. You build a house, you get paid and then you build another house. Proprietary software aims to allow you to build a house once and then replicate it at next to no cost and keep selling it as if you actually built it.

I have a piece of software I have been selling on the side and it is downright frightening that after I was essentially done building it (aside from minor update) I could still keep getting paid for it and making money without working. The well has been running dry, so it's not like I can keep this thing running forever, but it was still generating quite a nice sum of money.

FLOSS has no problem with people selling their software, it has a problem with someone artificially keeping their customer on a tight leash.

Haven't read the whole act, but the takedown system is pretty light. Website owners can host whatever copyrighted shit they want, as long as they take it down when requested by the copyright holder. Zero consequences against the website or the uploader.

A house costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, because you need a team of skilled craftman to spend a year or more building it for you. Since only one family can live in the house, they need to bear the cost themselves. With software, where the product can be shared by millions of people, it makes more sense to spread out the cost. I guess you could use crowdfunding instead, but that would be much more limiting.