In a message dated 9/24/00 9:26:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
natasha@natasha.cc writes:
<< Here there is a limited democracy or indirect democracy. The government's
democrary puts into action property rights (re: rights concerning what a
person thinks or ideas a person has exclusive control over) by enforcing
the laws. It can limit these as well. As an artist, I copyright my
writing and sign my digital images. The issue here would be what percentage
of my work another person can borrow. >>
Natasha,
In a sense you anticipated where I was going with that argument. <G>
When you do art or I sit and write then that product represents a part of our
life. We have poured ourselves into that work. If someone or a group has a
right to take my or your work without our permission then we have had a piece
of our life taken away and we have been reduced to slavery. But Natasha does
it matter whether we produced a piece of art, writing, a house, a field of
corn or just some day wages?
Ron H.
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