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Originally Posted by murraypaul
No it isn't, and just saying so doesn't make it true.
They haven't stolen the work I produced, they have bought it from me, bit by bit, hour by hour, at a rate agreed upon as a salary, in advance. This was known to both sides before I started the job.
It is as far from theft as you can get.
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That's exactly what I said. Like the writers for Stratemeyer you are a hired worker. You have totally taken the word theft out of context
But due to the intellectual and creative nature of programming it would be morally fairer to share the copyright and some small percentage of royalty, if applicable.
I'm baffled why you are so negatively against the idea. Even if more companies adopted it, or the laws were somehow changed (I can't see how), it would have no effect on your contract or income.
I am absolutely not proposing an either/or. I'm not proposing an end to programmers or writers for hire. I'm proposing that under EXISTING contracts of employment that the in reality shared nature of the creative works should be recognised.
It's not some sort of socialist or Free Software manifesto.