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> But then it means that you have a situation with a party that is willing to pay for the work, but this money is guaranteed NOT to go to the creator. So you m
by imron 12y ago
> But then it means that you have a situation with a party that is willing to pay for the work, but this money is guaranteed NOT to go to the creator.
So you mean exactly like normal things e.g. If a buy and then sell a car, the car manufacturer doesn't get any of that resale either.
- Nullabillity 12y agoYeah, but with a car you have exactly one car, so ownership makes sense. That doesn't apply to digital works, yet both copyright law (and now this) try to make it behave as such. Is that really the direction we should be going?
- eternauta3k 12y agoYes, ability to resell adds value.
- Nullabillity 12y agoAdds value to that property, sure. But at the same time you also take away much more value from society at large.
- abcd_f 12y agoNo, I don't mean that, obviously enough.