The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Mike Parker]

downs wrote:
> downs wrote:
>> Mike Parker wrote:
>>> I'm sure we
>>> can agree that if you want a chair I've crafted and I want to charge you
>>> for it, then I am well within my right to do so.
>> Could we PLEASE keep the comparisons to physical goods out of it? NOT. THE SAME. THING.

IT. IS. THE SAME. THING.

>>
>>> How is it that when my
>>> creation is infinitely copyable, I suddenly lose that right?
>> Because you don't lose the original anymore. This has been said hundreds of times.
>>
> 
> To clarify this point: you still have a *temporary* right to control the duplication of your infinitely copyable creation.
> 
> But it is *not the same right* as the one that allows you to charge for the chair.

But it *is* the same right.

I really didn't expect anyone to give me anything new on this. It's 
always the same arguments back and forth. This is one of those issues 
that people rarely change their minds about.