Re: Obsolesence of Intellectual Property

From: scerir (scerir@libero.it)
Date: Sat Aug 05 2000 - 08:18:01 MDT


Zero wrote:
But I try to look at this question from the broadest possible view. Not
merely from the standpoint of the copyright holders, nor merely from the
standpoint of the pirates. But from the view of trying to determine the
absolute or "greater good."

The broadest possible view is, in my opinion, this one.
If I share some wealth with you,
the total amount of this wealth does not change.
If I share some (good, expensive) information with you,
the total amount of this (good, expensive) information increases.
scerir



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