I agree. 100%. Live in this sort of world is like live on Dune. Only one
company runs transpertation, only one school of doctors, only one school of
thinkers, one leader, one everything. All these monopolies changing each
other an arm and a leg for everything, and non of them working together on
anything. Sounds pritty bad, and I do not thing you could actually create
something new with stepping on a 200 year old copyright.
When all the beatles are dead, there music should be free.
> And in so doing they will seal our fate as a civilization, as all progress
> inevitably grinds to a halt. But intellectual property is NOT tangible.
It
> consists of IDEAS. How can I ever write a novel if I have to worry that
the
> plot falls too close to something that someone wrote 200 years prior? How
> can I compete against a company that obtained a patent a century ago? By
> this logic, we couldn't have multiple car companies (and thus
competition).
> The entire concept of "owning" an idea exclusively and in perpetuity is an
> aberration that has primarily arisen in the 20th Century.
>
> - Eric.
>
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