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Originally Posted by Trenien
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I did not read the second paper, but the first is basically an attempt to apply communist theory to knowledge work.
The basic "solution" was to essentially have a cash pool for folks that create IP draw a salary from, and just do it.
The problem with this is, of course, said creator doesn't get to pick their pay
It looks good on paper...but the practical application leaves much to be desired, at a minimum.
The reality of the matter is, that the cost to individual freedom for a system effective enough to stop illegal copying is not worth that price...and this, from someone that pays the bills via the proceeds of the sales of software.
At the end of the day, its business and like all business, there is a risk/reward or pain/gain matrix. People copy software, music and books and such and do not pay the creators.
On the other hand...a great many more people follow a different path...if they did not, I would not have the keys to even type this on
And that, all rhetoric aside, is the point of it all.
-K