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Originally Posted by kennyc
This is simply wrong. There is no artificial scarcity only the free market and the laws that govern it that have developed to meet both needs of the creator and the consumer.
Neither has presidence over the other with the exception that he creator of something has inherent rights of whether and how to share his creation with others.
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The point being made is the laws governing the I.P "market"
are what creates the artificial scarcity in a
production sense (i.e. creating more copies of a product). They aid in reducing scarcity in a
creation sense (creating new works). The ultimate question is, what is the optimum balance point between creation and production.
Many of us don't think that the current balance point is optimum, and discourages production in the name of creation. And also feel that just because a law is passed, that doesn't make it right, just, or optimum. It's just what the sum of the bribe money (past and present) pays for.....