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In order for the auto industry analogy to hold, horse breeders would have had to have been actively interfering with early automotive innovation. Did that actu
by pcote 14y ago
In order for the auto industry analogy to hold, horse breeders would have had to have been actively interfering with early automotive innovation. Did that actually happen? (honest question)
- J3L2404 14y agoStopping piracy is not interfering with innovation, it is enforcing the law. Unfortunately the defense of piracy is based on it being trivial to copy. Lots of things are trivial to copy, like your private data. Surely you don't believe everyone should have access to your data just because it is easy to copy.
- Peroni 14y agoSurely you don't believe everyone should have access to your data just because it is easy to copy. Straw man fallacy. They aren't analogous. Unfortunately the defense of piracy is based on it being trivial to copy That's a pretty sweeping statement. Want to provide some citations?
- J3L2404 14y agoI should have been clearer, that is pg's defense. http://paulgraham.com/property.html http://paulgraham.com/property.html
- shoham 14y agoYeah, I agree -- it's important to respect copyright, even if you don't like it -- Do The Right Thing!