Author: Ed Murak
Date: 17:49:26 12/09/05
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On December 09, 2005 at 20:26:19, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 09, 2005 at 19:59:28, Ed Murak wrote: > >>On December 09, 2005 at 19:31:30, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>Not giving it to people is clearly against the wish of a lot of people who are >>>interested in getting it. >> >>If that thinking was adopted as a general philosophy (which I know you have not >>said), have you considered what sort of world it would swiftly produce? >> >>Is that the sort of world you want? > >I do not know but it is possible that a world without author rights may be >better world for most people. To divorce author rights from other property rights is infeasible for legal and also other logical reasons. So I must argue the general case, you understand. So if we collectively decide to take your home, or car, or anything we consider to be your possession (say, your girlfriend, wife, of course not your possession, but we decided...), how would you feel? Your liberty, even your life is also a possession. Are these too forfeit on a majority decision? Rights are a balancing act, between the rights of individuals, of the collective, and of the state (if different). Is that the sort of world you want, when the rights of the individual are really small, subjugated or non-existent? Of course not. Please take the moral high ground in this issue, as I am sure many listen to you. >Uri
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