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Your parent poster said 'it is right', not 'it is /a/ right'. You're attacking a statement that didn't exist in the parent post.

• technomancy 10y ago
  I'm not so sure about that; I believe "it is right" implies the existence of a moral right. That may not have been the direct intent of the parent comment, but it definitely follows from that claim.
• trolly 10y ago
  It seems that he was arguing against the sentiment rather than the statement
• mikekchar 10y ago
  Interesting. I definitely missed the lack of the "a". I wonder if it was an intentional lack or unintentional. So, now I am a bit confused. Do they believe that they are morally entitled to a monopoly, or do they believe that it is simply a good idea? Because in the first case, it doesn't really alter my post. From societal standards, they are not morally entitled to the monopoly. The parent is, of course, free to disagree but they stand against centuries of legal history where this just hasn't been the case. It would be incorrect to state that only those who grew up in the digital age disagree. If it is the second, then I will agree in general, but I think we should be very careful to balance the benefits. I believe that copyright on APIs will cause significantly more harm than good. So in this specific case, my opinion is that it is not right (as in not a good idea) to do it. It is certainly a debatable issue, though, with many reasonable arguments on both sides.