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Originally Posted by acidzebra
A side effect of trying to run culture as a business. I do not think writing books, making music, or making a painting is just like any job - in my work as a network administrator, nothing I will do will make a lasting impression on people like, say, the works of Shakespeare have. There is a fundamental difference.
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Let's suppose you write a network administration tool in C or Java. Legally, that's protected by exactly the same laws that protect books. You have the write to sell it, and to require that anyone who uses it pays you for it. Would you argue for that right to be taken away from you? Do you see a fundamental difference between writing computer software and writing books? I'd argue that both are creative activities, myself, having done both.