[OT] - does IP exist?

[sambeau]

Lars Ivar Igesund Wrote:

> I assert that the intention of keeping a private letter away from other's
> eye is no different than the intention of keeping the work private unless
> someone pays for it.
> 
> If you disagree with this, you should also think it is ok by your government
> to pry on your private information. If you don't think this is ok, but
> still disagree with me, then you have met yourself in the door.
...
> As a person with morals and ethics, you should always honor the authors
> intentions (the exception could be (and this also normally exists in
> current frameworks of law) if the author's reasoning for keeping something
> away from the public is the intention to do bad). Unless the author have
> explicitly stated the intention is to give the work away for free, you
> should honor that he wants to be paid, because you need to make the
> assumption that the author needs at least some of those money to live.

Very well put. Insightful. Full of truth and a splendid argument.
Made me think.
Thanks,
s