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On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:29:20 -0700, shevek4 wrote:
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> Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:13:18 -0700, shevek4 wrote:
>> > John Fields wrote:
>> >> On 26 Apr 2006 07:01:24 -0700, shevek4@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >For one, it's a piss-poor business plan. Everyone can copy it if it's
>> >> >good it will be around the world in a heartbeat.
>> >>
>> >> I wasn't talking about business, I was talking about morality. Your
>> >> position seems to be that you condone the theft of intellectual
>> >> property, so I assume you think having my work stolen is OK. _Is_
>> >> that your position?
>> >
>> > I think we have some disagreement on the topic of what is theft. We
>> > both agree that if I break into your house and steal your notebook, I
>> > have commited theft - of valuable property - the information in it may
>> > be of great worth.
>> >
>> > Where we disagree is that you feel you can put your information on a
>> > giant sign facing the highway and then still claim to have exclusive
>> > ownership of that information. I feel that a passing literate motorist
>> > is not a thief.
>> >
>> > If for some reason you don't want people to know some information, and
>> > to take full advantage of it for their own purposes, then you'd best
>> > keep it to yourself.
>>
>> So, you're claiming you have a "right" to go to the public library, copy
>> a book, and sell the copies for profit, depriving the author of his
>> rightful income?
>>
>> That's theft. You're nothing but a common thief.
>>
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> And so are you. Did you make up all those symbols you just sent me, or
> copy them?
The alphabet is in the public domain.
> "Thief".. did you make that word up are are you simply stealing the
> work of previous linguists?
Linguists don't invent language. <wow!>
> Give me a break. Of course I can go to the library and copy a book.
> If I want to sell the copies for profit I'd better have a good business
> plan because there's a lot of competition out there doing just that.
Rich is right. You are nothing but a common thief.
--
Keith
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