Author: Uri Blass
Date: 18:06:55 12/09/05
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On December 09, 2005 at 20:51:39, Albert Silver wrote: >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. >> >>The only negative side to most public may be that there are going to be less >>programs and less books but on the other side the public is going to need to pay >>less money for products. > >The negative sides would be a bit more than that. With no author rights, not >only would you make it impossible for authors to make a living, but you would >also be effectively saying that there is no right to protect ones ideas, which >is what the whole patent process is about also. On top of that, the public >wouldn't be paying less, they would be paying more. Much more. > > Albert > I am not sure about it. Even With no author rights author may still make a leaving. authors may sell programs to a single customer. authors may sell a program because buying the program mean getting technical support and getting it from a friend does not mean getting technical support. I am not sure if patents is a good idea and people may be afraid to develop something that is based on original idea of themselves because it is possible that someone else thought about the same idea and already has a patent about it. > >Less books, less programs, less progress, I am not sure about it. It may be also more free source programs and more progress. Uri
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