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On 11/16/2011 09:53 AM, Louigi Verona wrote:

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> The concept of property, made towards anything immaterial, makes little

> sense and is always found on some artificial unnecessary grounds, whereas

> property of physical objects is a concept based on necessary grounds - the

> scarcity of physical objects (and thus the need for individual control

> of those objects).

The concept of property just is artificial in general.
It wouldn't be "necessary" if humans wouldn't have this tendency to be

selfish and greedy.
As things are, the purpose is protection of investment of time and

effort and scarce resources. Respecting property is part of an agreement

to avoid chaos and war.
Everything that can be expressed digitally is not scarce, once copied

and distributed. But the know-how, time and effort required to producing

it, is, and that's what's to be respected and protected.
In a capitalistic society, it should be possible to earn money by

investing your time and effort in producing things people need/want.

People being paid for their time and effort directly may be preferable.

There's still a need/use for copyright to protect the outcome, to allow

the investment to be made beforehand. This way, payment can depend on

the quality of the outcome.
Oh, and in a funny twist, the GPL and similar licenses provide a reason

for copyright on immaterial goods, as they have well founded objectives

and copyright is the legal mechanism they rely on to be enforceable.
--

Thorsten Wilms
thorwil's design for free software:

http://thorwil.wordpress.com/

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