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Originally Posted by Format C:
It's not at all the same thing.
Copyright and Trade Marks are completely different things.
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Actually, they serve similar purposes. But he's not talking about trade marks, or even patents, but ownership of the business (stocks, etc.).
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Originally Posted by Format C:
But, tell me, please.
When the carpenter dies after the billionth table hand made by him, what happens to his heirs?
Why should a writer be someway "superior" to a carpenter?
Does he belong to a superior race? or is the other less than human?
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Because most carpentry designs are not copyrightable. Take it up with Congress. If he designs ship hulls, those ARE copyrightable. But a particular design of a chair or table? No. Such items are generally seen as commodities, and the carpenter transacts for full payment with each one sold. Most carpenters are being paid primarily for their LABOR, not their creativity. They get paid fully for their time with each item sold.
For an author, this is not the case. They're not making every book by hand and getting paid for their labor and materials in making that book; the publisher is. The author is getting paid for designing what words go into that book. That's what give the book it's primary value, not the pages and ink.