Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 20, 2006 12:10 AM
"(in a free society information needs to be freely available to all classes of people)"
Making content creators slaves to the "free" masses might work. Abolish all forms of IP, and just wait for the "free" work to roll in. After all it's rolling in now (those darn artists just can't help themselves), and history shows us that artists had it really good in the "good old days". When men were men, and patrons paid all the bills, then gave it to the masses (those patrons had exquisite taste). Or artists sat around streetcorners, hat in hand, playing their instruments, and begging like a commoner. Yes this present system is bad, allowing artists to be equals with their "physical goods" bretheren. Back to the "bit" mines with them.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 20, 2006 12:10 AMMaking content creators slaves to the "free" masses might work. Abolish all forms of IP, and just wait for the "free" work to roll in. After all it's rolling in now (those darn artists just can't help themselves), and history shows us that artists had it really good in the "good old days". When men were men, and patrons paid all the bills, then gave it to the masses (those patrons had exquisite taste). Or artists sat around streetcorners, hat in hand, playing their instruments, and begging like a commoner. Yes this present system is bad, allowing artists to be equals with their "physical goods" bretheren. Back to the "bit" mines with them.
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