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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Mmm... because society takes advantage of rights-holders, to the point of removing any incentive to create for society, without some protections. IOW, if I create something, and all you have to do is knock me over the head and take it, why should I bother?
(And, of course, "rights-holders" are clearly not members of society in this argument, so I guess their protection doesn't count...)
Presently, a great deal of copywritten property like music and ebooks (including my own) are selling for lower amounts than they've sold for as physical entities... prices have stabilized or come down, yet still, "society" takes the creations and pirates them without paying for them.
Clearly the "market" is stealing simply because they know they can get away with it, and only supporting laws that will continue to let them do so. Their real issue is only one thing: They don't want to have to pay for stuff they want. All the Big Brother nonsense is just trying to scare the masses (and obviously doing a good job of it, too).
But that's just my take.
At any rate, maybe the government's "incentive" for these laws is Disney and Time Warner... and let's just say they don't deserve to have their property protected by law... but does that mean I don't deserve protection of my property, for the same reason? Do I deserve to be crushed under the boot that would grind them into the dirt?
Am I not considered a valued member of society, deserving of its protections just like anyone else? And since "society" is not giving me those protections, is it not fair to create laws that protect my rights, just as laws are created to protect the disadvantaged, the challenged, and the innocent?
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Steve, you seem to forget the society GAVE rights-holders their rights. Strictly a construct of the last 300 years or so. And these right were never defines 1. permanent and 2. property. They were/are granted monopolies, with all the problems of monopolies in economics.
In addition what gives such monopoly owners the right to trash the constitution for their private gain. Because, at heart, that's what we're talking about.