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That's a terrible analogy. A better analogy is I could buy a bucket but somebody might (will!) take it home and use it as a footstool and I will have wasted my
by Ensorceled 7y ago
That's a terrible analogy. A better analogy is I could buy a bucket but somebody might (will!) take it home and use it as a footstool and I will have wasted my money.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoThat's not analogous, open research doesn't prevent you using it. Presumably you think copyright infringement is theft too.
- Ensorceled 7y agoNice ad hominem. The problem IP laws try to solve is that the best researcher is not necessarily in the best position to execute on their discoveries. Or, worse, executing on the discovery is incredibly cheap (such as new drugs) and the value is impossible to recover. The more expensive the research, the more likely that is to be. Research either needs to be publically funded OR some kind of limited monopoly applied. None of this implies that the current IP mechanisms are not seriously broken.