tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9578224.post116353719824112283..comments2023-06-21T07:47:48.993-04:00Comments on BACK OFF GOVERNMENT!: Intellectual Property Rights Do Not ExistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9578224.post-1163550820919732842006-11-14T19:33:00.000-05:002006-11-14T19:33:00.000-05:00PS - pirating music is wrong as far as I'm concern...PS - pirating music is wrong as far as I'm concerned. <BR/><BR/>I just wanted to make sure you understood that's where I'm coming from.<BR/><BR/>And no I'm not a Chinese vehicle producer... Though what they're doing aint right either.William Tellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840575381956651912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9578224.post-1163550482533404772006-11-14T19:28:00.000-05:002006-11-14T19:28:00.000-05:00"...the efforts of human capital would be watered ..."...the efforts of human capital would be watered down considerably by disregarding copyrights..."<BR/><BR/>I'm not suggesting anything like that...<BR/><BR/>I had hoped that people would read what I actually wrote.<BR/><BR/>What I'm suggesting is that we stop seeing copyrights as property, and start seeing it as simply a series of binding agreements.<BR/><BR/>Then the agreement itself becomes something that is guided by the free market economy and enforced by the state through tort law.<BR/><BR/>As it stands right now patents are created and enforced by the government.William Tellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840575381956651912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9578224.post-1163547328184355352006-11-14T18:35:00.000-05:002006-11-14T18:35:00.000-05:00While I don't disagree with your position (I'm a f...While I don't disagree with your position (I'm a frequent "pirater" of music), the one trouble with your argument is the ramifications that it presents for our current economic model in the West. In more "cutting-edge" jurisdictions, where the economy is built on R&D, the efforts of human capital would be watered down considerably by disregarding copyrights. In fact, as our economy moves from shipping and producing goods towards developing new processes and ideas for commercial gain, disrespecting copyright laws has dangerous consequences for millions of workers' efforts.<BR/><BR/> Your solution should instead be developed around more equitable IP laws- such as sticking to 25-yr copyrights to protect both the producer to make money, but to allow for the idea to proliferate freely through society after 25 yrs. Governments that practice the restrictions of public access to private ideas after a generation practice tyranny, as far as I'm concerned.<BR/><BR/> The whole idea of copyrighting "Happy Birthday" seems absurd to me.<BR/><BR/> Any chance you're a vehicle producer in China? LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com