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Originally Posted by davidfor
You might want to do a search for "architectural copyright". Just because I paid for the house doesn't mean I have the right to copy the design.
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Yes, you are correct. I admit to not knowing this since I have seen so many near identical houses in my time I made the incorrect assumption that architecture was not covered by copyright.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
And the author doesn't get any rights to the copy of the book I bought. I can sell my copy or change it however I want. If I want to rip a page out the last page of a mystery before lending to a friend, I can. Or blackout all the swear words. But, I can't take that copy and reproduce it and sell that. Just as I can't with the design of the house.
Yes you did. There is IP involved in the house and someone did get paid to use it. Copyright is protecting the right to reproduce that IP.
Not sure what you are saying there. Workers make a deal ahead of time to get paid for the work they do. Authors are taking a risk and doing the work hoping they will get paid later. The difference is in the contracts/laws involved. The worker is being paid per piece or hour to do work probably based on someone else's IP (just like the builder). The writer is putting out their IP, why should they not be paid as long as it is considered valuable to someone?
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Now we are getting somewhere.
Your points have given me a lot to think about so thank you. I'll respond further after thinking about it for a bit.