• gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 months ago

    I as a Muslim, do not believe in patenting ideas already, because you can’t deny copying ideas. But most Muslims don’t know about this, unless they actively ask this question. You can also not restrict someone else with what they do with after you sell your product to them, unless it’s something haram you want to do of course.

    But, and there is a big BUT here, you can’t copy someone elses brand. You can’t put someone elses name on it and sell a product without asking for permission first.

    Also, neither USA, nor any other country is following the Patent law when it comes to things when it really matters. Power and politics matter, and if you think about it, it is hypocritical of them to apply the patent law when they want and not apply it when they don’t want, but if you think about it, patents are actually made so only rich gets richer and poor people don’t copy it from them. It’s to protect the rich.

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      6 months ago

      But, and there is a big BUT here, you can’t copy someone elses brand. You can’t put someone elses name on it and sell a product without asking for permission first.

      Yes. That is also how I see it. Plagiarism is immoral, copying/replicating/altering is just natural. Has been the norm for millenia. That’s how art, science, and engineering, frankly, the entirity of human culture developed.

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      6 months ago

      I as a Muslim, do not believe in patenting ideas already, because you can’t deny copying ideas. But most Muslims don’t know about this, unless they actively ask this question.

      I’m confused. What does that have to do with being a Muslim?

      [neither nor] is following the Patent law when it comes to things when it really matters

      What do you mean?

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        5 months ago

        In Islam, Allah provides the rules. You cannot have your own right or wrong, because Allah created us all, and Allah is the one who knows what’s right and wrong. Including copyright, including economy, including everything.