sparky
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- Oct 19, 2008
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That said, I don't support IP to begin with. Intellectually Property is that concept that you can control 'thought' using the power of government. I don't agree with that. Now I get it that you can't slap your label on my product, and sell it.
IP is SUPPOSED to be a corporate secret.. NOT a public benefit.. Companies have lawyers to see to it that it is protected... Only patents prevent others from duplicating.. Because IP is generally secret and NEVER public -- unless some country's intel agencies commit industrial espionage -- but no other entity is supposed to ever even SEE IT....
You can't STEAL other's products.. It's as simple as that.. Same with the recording industry or broadcast material.. I'm not an anarchist, so I can't sympathize with what you feel is an imposition on others that they can't USE YOUR STUFF -- without agreement and compensation...
Methinks most would agree market anarchy would eventually eat all the little dogs up.
So weather we'd like it or not, some level of regulatory bureaucracy needs to exist
~S~