The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[downs]

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.
> 
>> 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.