Let's say I write something -- a story, perhaps. And I publish it. I own the IP, and it is my only source of income. How do you consider that the equivalent of slave ownership?
The basic idea behind the parents argument is that you cannot own knowledge.
There are several arguments for this idea, and massive challenges to overcome if you actually try to act on this idea.
One of these challenges is how authors and similar content creators could possibly make a living in a world, where everything they produce can be copied by anyone.
There are several thought experiments which try to address this problem, none of which have been successfully implemented large-scale in real life (at least to my knowledge).
but the fact that challenges arise from such an idea does not discredit the validity of said idea.
it just means that we haven't found a sustainable way live by that ideal
> none of which have been successfully implemented large-scale in real life
to be honest, I've never read of a major example successfully utilizing that.
If you're just mentioning things which ever attempted to solve that issue: there have been a lot
UBI (universal basic income) comes to mind, just like services such as Patreon, on which people essentially donate to producers with negligible rewards.
Some music bands also give away their music for free and try to make their living with concerts... there have been countless attempts, honestly.
But they're ultimately of negligible impact if you compare their revenue to top selling products. that's what i meant with successful and large scale.
