The Consultation Problem and Why Copyright is Dishonest at its Core <>

The Consultation Problem and Why Copyright is Dishonest at its Core

by Breck Yunits

March 25, 2025

Symbols are useless unless consulted.

Consulting consumes energy.

Everyone has finite energy.

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Consulting can be sequential orā€”via computationā€”simultaneous.

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I call symbols with no legal restrictions the Unchained.

The Unchained is too large to be consulted sequentially.

The Unchained can be consulted computationally and so simultaneously.

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I call symbols with legal restrictions the Chained.

The Chained is too large to be consulted sequentially.

The Chained may not be consulted computationally and thus cannot be consulted simultaneously.

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Because the Chained may not be consulted computationally, consulting from the Chained and consulting from the Unchained are exclusive operations.

Sequentially consulting the Chained reduces energy available for simultaneously consulting the Unchained.

Thus, the Chainer's implicit argument is that sequentially consulting their Chained symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting the Unchained.

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A Chainer mathematician claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Euclid, Gauss, and Euler.

A Chainer physicist claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein.

A Chainer musician claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.

A Chainer biologist claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Leeuwenhoek, Pasteur, and Darwin.

A Chainer artist claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting da Vinci, Rembrandt, and van Gogh.

A Chainer author claims sequentially consulting their symbols is worth more than simultaneously consulting Homer, Shakespeare, and Dostoevsky.

Chainers claim their symbols ought be treated with more consideration than the symbols of these greats.

I hope you see why this is such a ridiculously dishonest position, and understand my visceral disgust for this behavior.

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Ā© is the mark of the Chainer. It is the mark of the dishonest man.

I salute and lend my hands to the honest men who contribute symbols to the great Unchained. They have an honest estimation of their humble contributions in relation to the whole. It is on their shoulders that the future is built.

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