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Old 01-10-2010, 01:47 AM   #335
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Originally Posted by HansTWN View Post
I have read the definition before, thank you. The point being is that the abundance created by third parties who have no right to do so is artificial.
That is not my understanding. According to the concept, abundance is created not by third parties but "extreme increases in productivity and technology."

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The expression "artificial scarcity" was created to make people think that copies should naturally be free and the rights holders somehow "wronged" the public by withholding them. This, of course, turns reality on its head. The rights holders are the only ones who can make legal copies. But technological advances have enabled unscrupulous people to make perfect, but illegal copies, thereby creating artificial abundance. Therefore the expression is a deliberate attempt to mislead.
Your inference is unsupported by the concept as defined.
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