Comments on: www.drinkordie.com http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4806 p2pnet.net - reader powered Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4806#comment-13393 Reader's Write Thu, 12 May 2005 01:23:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/4806#comment-13393 The notion of theft came about in a context where to take property from another was to deprive them of that property. Breach of copyright is not like that, and it is not at all obvious exactly what rights should be given to creators of novelties. There is general agreement that some rights should be given but that is not the same thing as an absolute right. Society grants copyright and patent protection for the sole reason that it is in the long term interests of society to grant incentives to innovators. By the same token, society is perfectly entitled to judge the extent of the rewards that are needed and to adjust the rules accordingly. Especially in a world where the main beneficiaries of so-called intellectual property are often not the actual creators of that 'property'. Bravo! exactly correct! The notion of theft came about in a context where to take property from another was to deprive them of that property. Breach of copyright is not like that, and it is not at all obvious exactly what rights should be given to creators of novelties. There is general agreement that some rights should be given but that is not the same thing as an absolute right.

Society grants copyright and patent protection for the sole reason that it is in the long term interests of society to grant incentives to innovators. By the same token, society is perfectly entitled to judge the extent of the rewards that are needed and to adjust the rules accordingly. Especially in a world where the main beneficiaries of so-called intellectual property are often not the actual creators of that ‘property’.

Bravo! exactly correct!

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