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Originally Posted by HansTWN
In the end, all you are saying is that a carpenter's work is worth so much more than an author's.
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How do you figure? No one forces a carpenter to build and no one forces a writer to write. The writer is granted a monopoly over what people can do with the result the carpenter isn't. This gives the author has an advantage over the carpenter. My question is why dmaul and perhaps you feel that advantage is deserved if nothing is given in exchange for it. Personally to me the cost is simple, a short time limit on the monopoly plus reasonable exceptions often called fair use or fair dealing. Thus the time limit becomes the payment.
The disagreement came about when dmaul said he won't settle for anything less than life+ and I won't accept a non determinate period or any period longer than the average human life expectancy.
Are you really planning to get on my case for auguring that an effectively perpetual monopoly that isn't even paid for is a problem?