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"most people" are people that have grown up in a civilization that has some legal understanding of "intellectual property" and the economic effects thereof, so
by nfoz 12y ago
"most people" are people that have grown up in a civilization that has some legal understanding of "intellectual property" and the economic effects thereof, so their intuition is already pretty skewed towards the status quo. Even if, after having experienced an alternative, they would prefer the alternative.
- macspoofing 12y ago>"most people" are people that have grown up in a civilization that has some legal understanding of "intellectual property" and the economic effects thereof, so their intuition is already pretty skewed towards the status quo. That may be so, but I still claim that there is something intuitive in supporting the idea that content creators be allowed to "own" their creative work. Doubly so if you live in a society that allows ownership (of things, or land), because it's a very short conceptual jump from one to the other.