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Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
reply to post by Jean Paul Zodeaux
Intellectual property hampers capitalism.
Against intellectual property.
Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by mnmcandiez
Sorry if this doesn't agree with the popular bandwagon - but I reckon creative people deserve to be recompensed for their labour as much as anyone else.
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
reply to post by Jean Paul Zodeaux
I think you're missing the point...... just read his book, it isn't long and he makes a really compelling case against intellectual property.
Originally posted by StevenDye
reply to post by pause4thought
It's so easy and tempting... but we wouldn't accept it in any other form...you expect to pay for your tv and you side against those who don't... this is the same thing.
Sure you can argue about the record labels being the oneswho horde all the money, but once again you downloading music hurts the artist more because of it.
Originally posted by Jean Paul Zodeaux
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
reply to post by Jean Paul Zodeaux
I think you're missing the point...... just read his book, it isn't long and he makes a really compelling case against intellectual property.
I got your point, and spoke to it. Also, I assure you that my above post is not nearly as long as Kinsella's book, but I just made a compelling case in defense of intellectual property.
A novelist should have the right to protect the intellectual property of his work. He is not obligated to write novels for free. Expecting to get paid for his effort does not hinder capitalism.
Originally posted by mnmcandiez
This is good. Now people can stop crying about evil down-loaders being thieves.
Or if you save a photo to your hard drive and view it multiple times, are you stealing that photographers work? The whole thing is ridiculous IMO and I am a visual artist myself. If people aren't trying to make money off my work then what are they stealing exactly?
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
Originally posted by Jean Paul Zodeaux
Originally posted by Rockdisjoint
reply to post by Jean Paul Zodeaux
I think you're missing the point...... just read his book, it isn't long and he makes a really compelling case against intellectual property.
I got your point, and spoke to it. Also, I assure you that my above post is not nearly as long as Kinsella's book, but I just made a compelling case in defense of intellectual property.
A novelist should have the right to protect the intellectual property of his work. He is not obligated to write novels for free. Expecting to get paid for his effort does not hinder capitalism.
Why do you think I want him to write for free?
Originally posted by daskakik
reply to post by mastahunta
Musicians are getting killed because of dowloading?
That I have to ask proof of.
Originally posted by gimme_some_truth
John Lennon put it this way.
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it."
Glad that the supreme court agrees with my boy Johnny.