On Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:52:13 -0500 John Hasler <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wrote: > > Thus you have a monopoly on the reproduction of copies of your work. > > Celajar writes: > > Okay, but this is veering close to sophistry; I can also say that any > > private ownership of property is monopolistic, since it gives the > > owner a monopoly on the use of some particular piece of property. > > Monopolies are commoplace and not, in and of themselves, necessarily > either illegal or immoral. Nonetheless copyright creates monopolies > where none would otherwise exist: that is its purpose. I can say the same about the very institution of private property; it creates a monopoly (only I have the legal right to use a particular piece of property) where none would otherwise exist, and that is its very purpose. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
