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> if it's valuable and nonexcludable (usually isn't), then hey, you have a sale. Which means now we need to have some kind of legal, international safeguard to
by DocTomoe 10y ago
> if it's valuable and nonexcludable (usually isn't), then hey, you have a sale.
Which means now we need to have some kind of legal, international safeguard to protect against content thieves, who copy paywalled content and publish it themselves. Everyone loses in that scenario.
- F2 10y agoYou mean copywrite? That already exists.
- harwoodleon 10y agoI completely agree with the principle of being paid for my time to create content. If I choose the publish it for free, that is my choice. If I need to charge for it to feed my kids, that is my choice too.
- tripzilch 10y agoAnd we do, since 1886 (and being kept more or less up to date, ever since) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#International_copyright_treaties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#International_copyri... Whether this means that everyone loses ... I'm not directly disagreeing with that either (I don't like copyright/intellectual property rights in their current form at all), but let's get the facts straight first :)