More waffle from you but I'm bored so I'll give it a go.........
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I just don't see the point of having a public and a non public domain. Why limit ourselves? That whole, "But there won't be any incentive to write!" is just a straw man or something, for those who are into that sort of logical thing.
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The point is some people would like to attempt to make a living from their writing, just as you attempt to make a living from whatever you do. Without a "non public domain" that would be infinitely more difficult than it already is.
The moment you deny yourself the right to attempt to make a living doing whatever it is you choose to do then I might take your waffling a bit more seriously. And I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt in assuming you actually do attempt to make a living from your own labour and efforts rather than living off the welfare of the state.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
We could have a poll with two options, would you pay for content that is available for free, if all proceeds went to the creator. I feel that some of us would pay some of the time, and that should be more than enough.
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Assuming you have an employer should they only have to pay you some of the time for your efforts? Should all employers just pay some of the labour force some of the time and that should be enough?
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Would it be ok for a computer to read every available work if the computer was capable of learning? Yes or No????
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Should that eventuality ever come up I will consider it then. Until that time it is just another piece of red herring sophistry from you.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I recently downloaded a book but the format was not conducive to being scanned so I did not read it.
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I assume you mean scanned as in skimming through the text rather than reading it all? Rather than physically scanning a book?
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Luckily I picked up a copy of the same book from my local library and have been reading the paper version. I already know that this book contains much useful information and is going to be extremely helpful for the future. Since I have already read the paper version would it be allright for me to reread the electronic version?
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It would be completely
legal for you to read the electronic version if you borrowed that from the library or a friend etc. It would be an infringement of copyright if you downloaded and read the electronic copy without paying the required compensation for it. But you know that already.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Or is all this academic to simply sending some compensation towards the creators if you are capable of sending compensation?
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But that's just it, you will not send some compensation to the creator will you? I'm hard pressed to believe you have ever done so, despite you claims to having occasionally sent a buck to an author.
And again, the moment you think it ok for any employer of yours to only pay you what they like, whenever they like, if they choose to pay you at all then I might take your waffle seriously.
And frankly, the fact you are using a computer to type this drivel day in day out means you must be a man of leisure and means and therefore have the ability to pay compensation. Either that or you live off the welfare of the state and simply just do not wish to.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
In other words, what need of copyright?
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As a means of enabling authors to at least attempt to earn a living from their creative efforts.