On Wed, 2013-02-13 at 11:46 -0500, Al Thompson wrote:
> On 02/13/2013 04:35 AM, Louigi Verona wrote:
> > True. You are not forcing anyone. However, when you release
> > something into the public, copyright sort of makes everyone agree
> > to the contract with you even if they don't want it.
> > How you can hear something or see something even if you did not
> > aim to do that, I listed in my response to Michael above.
> >
> > Kinsella has a whole chapter about copyright as a contract.
> >
> > To make clear, I am NOT against contracts. If you give me a book
> > under a contract, it is morally correct to abide by the contract.
> > Question is, can this duplicate a sort of copyright regime? Kinsella
> > argues that no. I argue the same. It is practically almost impossible.
> > One person violates the contract and the closed club of
> > contract agreements is compromised.
>
> So, when you need more money, do you fire up your color copier and run
> some off??
>
> You have not agreed to a contract to not do so have you. What is
> different? The money may not be "copyrighted" in the same sense as "a
> song," but the principle is the same, according to your logic.
In German I often say something similar to: I don't like laws, they are
useless and only protect the evil, but something like the road traffic
act are commandments of sanity. I can't formulate it very good in
English, but perhaps you can imagine what I try to say.
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