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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I don't see any difference between a brain state that is actually an idea, and a piece of paper that contains an image of that brain state.
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There can be a huge amount of work between an initial idea and the piece of paper, in some cases there can be years of work and considerable sacrifice of time and money etc. Ask any author, ask any inventor. There may be occasion things (inventions or stories) that leap fully grown into an author's/inventor's mind, but these are the exception not the rule. The rule is hard work, and now you want to cast that hard work aside as if it were nothing?
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Copyright of an idea, it's definitely a human phenomenon. A pact between each member of society, to be nice to each other.
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And this is a problem?
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I think free sharing of all ideas and a more adequate distribution of resources would be a lot nicer don't you? Why are we spending so much on bombs when we should be using those funds to get more ereaders and more ebooks into the hands of everyone???
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I am not sure I follow your line of thought here. How exactly is making it possible for authors to earn some money for their efforts related to spending money on bombs?