'Copyright law should be abolished entirely. No one can legitimately own creative works.'
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oppose 0% · We own our thoughtsmoderated to 0%; argued down by 0%
by anonymous on 2005-08-14 20:33:09As human our entire development is crafted from individual experiences. With that the thoughts we derive are uniquely our own. I believe it has been proven that two people that witness the same thing come to two different conclusion about what happened. I believe the samething is true of intellectual property, when we create something, it is ours, we created it with the thoughts we have. All copyright law does is protect the intellectual property from being ripped off and sold as someone else invention. It protects my rights to sell my intellectual property, and recover monetary damages from people who pass my work off as their own. -
oppose 0% · Re: We own our thoughtsmoderated to 100%; argued down by 100%
by seraphblade on 2005-09-29 19:29:19However, once you communicate your thoughts somehow, it is no longer solely yours-it is in my head, so I own it as well. Your theory states not only that you own your -own- thoughts, but mine as well (since my mind will by definition digest, process, and expand upon any information given it). Since thoughts are infinitely reproducible, they are not appropriately compared to finite physical property, which the single owner of can restrict use of as he/she so chooses (within reason). Copyright states that you can restrict my OWN use of my OWN mind simply because it came in contact with something you thought/said/performed.
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title: 'Re: We own our thoughts'
text: 'However, once you communicate your thoughts somehow, it is no longer solely yours-it is in my head, so I own it as well. Your theory states not only that you own your -own- thoughts, but mine as well (since my mind will by definition digest, process, and expand upon any information given it). Since thoughts are infinitely reproducible, they are not appropriately compared to finite physical property, which the single owner of can restrict use of as he/she so chooses (within reason). Copyright states that you can restrict my OWN use of my OWN mind simply because it came in contact with something you thought/said/performed.'
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date: 2005-09-29 19:29:19
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