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I read your words, but all I hear is "I want to use the police and courts to demand income in perpetuity because I thought up something somebody thought was clever once."

"I don't think you should restrict sharing" is not the same thing as "I don't think you deserve to be paid". Find a business model that isn't based on prohibiting what everyone's mother has encouraged them to do since they were toddlers.

Sharing is good. Information flow is good. Impeding either of those things impedes human progress. Creation is also good, but modern technology proves it can be encouraged and compensated without strong arming society as a whole.




It sounds to me like you are arguing for the abolishment of patents, copyright, et al?

Also, for the record, I am not a music/movie/etc artist, and I do not hold IP.


It's a very valid and reasonable stance to be against all forms of copyright, patents or similar forms of "intellectual property". In my opinion, they are among the worst mistakes in the history of mankind.




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