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Originally Posted by JeremyR
If anything, the entitlement is the ownership of "intellectual property". That's a relatively new concept in the history of humanity.
Why should people "own" ideas or images or ways that letters are arranged? Especially the way it is now, basically forever? Being able to own intangible things is kind of ridiculous, when you think about it....
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Because I like to read books. Yes, there are people who will write just because they like to write. Some of those will share for free. However, I don't doubt the supply will go down. And morally it is only fair to pay people who provide me with entertainment.
So the concept of ownership is our current way of monetizing this for creators. I don't like our current system, but I don't have any specific suggestions. Except for your suggestion that ownership should have some time limit that is less than today's standard. I agree with that.