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"Hey, I like that table, I'm going to commission somebody to build one for myself!" Totally legal. No loss to first individual. The fact is that intellectual
by andrewclunn 2y ago
"Hey, I like that table, I'm going to commission somebody to build one for myself!"
Totally legal. No loss to first individual. The fact is that intellectual property IS treated differently, and was justified as being required to incentivize invention and creation NOT because there was any natural right to the product of one's thoughts to not be copied or expanded upon. Now that it arguably gets in the way of innovation and creation, what justification is there for these ADDITIONAL legal restrictions.
- fsckboy 2y ago>NOT because there was any natural right to the product of one's thoughts to not be copied or expanded upon grandma not sharing her best recipes, and children calling each other "copycat!" is an argument for a natural right. It is innately how humans feel, and there is a supporting argument that we don't want grandma's secret innovations dying with her, to incent sharing.