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Skriven 2004-10-23 20:50:36 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 1025 av Adam Flinton (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Article on WIPO & the public good
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From: Ellen K. <72322.enno.esspeeayem.1016@compuserve.com>

The HOUSE you cited, hello?

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:07:13 +0100, Adam Flinton
<adam_NO_@_SPAM_softfab.com> wrote in message <4178d9c8@w3.nls.net>:

>Ellen K wrote:
>
>> "Sticking with the house/knowledge metaphor, the people own it & you get
>> the right to rent it out to others for a set period of time."
>>
>> Not in the U.S.
>>
>
>Yes even in the US.
>
>You create a work of the intellect. You have a period of gov enforced
>monopoly wherein you can recoup any investment etc & then that period
>ends. However during the entire period the work belongs to the public.
>
>Adam
>
>>
>>
>>>From: Adam Flinton <adam_NO_@_SPAM_softfab.com>
>>>Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:49:45 -0400, Dave Ings <ings@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I understand the sentiment, but I suspect that puts you in the
>>>>>minority.  I
>>>>>believe most creative people are driven to create because it's an
>>>>>essential
>>>>>element of who they define themselves to be, and it isn't tied per se to
>>>>>particular levels of post creation artifact ownership or compensation.
>>>>>
>>>>>I believe most engineers exhibit this behavior, especially given how
>>>>>relatively poorly paid they are compared to other mainstream professions
>>>>>(law, medicine, etc).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Oh, I might still create, but I sure won't sell.  Remove protection and
>>>>I'm sure you'll see a steep drop in published works in all kinds of
>>>>media.  The state doesn't own my house simply because the police patrol
>>>>my  neighborhood.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Nope but remove the police /state entirely & you might not own the house
>>>for very long.
>>>Sticking with the house/knowledge metaphor, the people own it & you get
>>>the right to rent it out to others for a set period of time.
>>>Adam

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