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Hey David!

Thanks for your contribution to the discussion. I think you have raised

interesting points.

I would begin by asking you a question though.
"However, if just any business was legally allowed take anyone's

"intellectual

property" and make money off of it, paying no royalties or anything, that

would be a problem."
Why would that be a problem?
"Unfortunately, in the case of music, video games and various other things,

the

interesting part of making a polished, thoroughly enjoyable and/or useful

product is generally only some 10% of the work. The rest is just hard,

boring,

frustrating work that will rarely ever get done without some other

motivation

than the work itself."
This is a very fair concern.

I would say that I would not be interested in the question of free software

if the only

proprietary thing in the would would be games.
For music and games I do have an answer for you. And this answer comes from

seeing

the great advancements of the computer technology. Nowadays making music

and even

movies is much-much easier. In Russia one of the political opposition

people has announced

a song contest, aimed at the government. I am listening to what people have

done and am

amazed - all of it is really good, on par with professional work, and most

contestants are amateurs

who do it in their free time. Looks like this is not really a problem.
Games seem to survive today in spite of filesharing though. Do you think it

comes from the fact

that most are multiplayer?
--

Louigi Verona

http://www.louigiverona.ru/
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ave raised interesting points.I would begin by asking you a question th=

ough."However, if just any business was legally allowed take a=

nyone's "intellectual
property" and make money off of it, paying no royalties or anything, t=

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would be a problem."Why would that be a problem?"Unfortunately, in the case of music, video games and various =

other things, the

interesting part of making a polished, thoroughly enjoyable and/or useful

product is generally only some 10% of the work. The rest is just hard, bori=

ng,

frustrating work that will rarely ever get done without some other motivati=

on

than the work itself."This is a very fair concern.I would =

say that I would not be interested in the question of free software if the =

onlyproprietary thing in the would would be games.For music and=

 games I do have an answer for you. And this answer comes from seeing

the great advancements of the computer technology. Nowadays making music an=

d evenmovies is much-much easier. In Russia one of the political opposi=

tion people has announceda song contest, aimed at the government. I am =

listening to what people have done and am

amazed - all of it is really good, on par with professional work, and most =

contestants are amateurswho do it in their free time. Looks like this i=

s not really a problem.Games seem to survive today in spite of file=

sharing though. Do you think it comes from the fact

that most are multiplayer?-- Louigi Veronahttp://www.louigiverona.ru/
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