RE: The good fight

Riiiight. Forgive my simple mind, comrade, but if, for example, it takes three months and 6 million dollars to make a computer program, and the program upon release becomes the 'property' of the public, how much does the first copy of the program cost?

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From: owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org [mailto:owner-cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of sstouden[_at_]thelinks.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:25 AM To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: The good fight

While I am estatic that the entire very elite intellectual property community will provide support, the point in the ditch digger example, is
that if it takes 3 man months to create one ditch and it takes 3 man months to create one book, the effort of the ditch digger is the same as the effort of the book writer and therefore each should be paid but one time from one buyer for the effort. The very idea that the 1 man 1 effort gets paid a million or more times via the vehicle of a monopoly is
patently wrong.

   Next, the is argument of CO-kit entitlement. CO_KIT is a product of human endeavor and as such cannot be gated from the eyes and ears of the rest of humanity because that gate violates the inherent right of man
to the benefits of the CO-KIT of the society in which they live during their life time.

If you or the intellectual property community were to decide otherwise, then It would be difficult to see, why humans should subject themselves to the top down rule of law. Mercantislists cannot have it both ways: either citizens agree to the rule of law and society makes available all of its CO-KIT in completely ungated form; or humans each standand alone, one against the other, the one with the most power uses the forces of government to gate, harrass and economically exploit the other.

The history of copyright and monopolies has been that a few empowered people exploit the masses of the people and they use the rule of law backed up by the power of a government with military and police forces to
make sure the exploitation is effective.

There is no room in a free society for monopoly!

sterling.

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Dodi Schultz wrote:

>
> Sterling writes,
>
> >> A ditch digger's ditch is not different than a author's book...
It is
> >> economically unfair to pay the ditch digger(compensation) once
and
> >> the author(royalty) many times.
>
> You know, on further thought, I've been persuaded that you're
absolutely
> right. A digger's ditch is every bit as creative, and deserving of
suitable
> compensation--and protection--as my book, poem, or article. Royalties
> should be paid, and unauthorized copying prohibited. Any attempt by
some
> wannabe digger to pass off an imitative ditch as an original earthwork
> should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, with the support
of the
> entire intellectual property community.
>
> --Dodi Schultz
>
Received on Thu Sep 12 2002 - 13:29:36 GMT