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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2011, 06:54:39 PM » |
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I am SO writing a fiction story where mankind advances technology seven centuries in ten years by abandoning the silly notion of copyright.
In the information age, Intellectual Property rights are the only way to genuinely make money. Now, you could write a story about people advancing rapidly in technology because they abandon money, but Gene Roddenberry beat you to that. |
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« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2011, 08:54:55 PM » |
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I am SO writing a fiction story where mankind advances technology seven centuries in ten years by abandoning the silly notion of copyright.
In the information age, Intellectual Property rights are the only way to genuinely make money. Now, you could write a story about people advancing rapidly in technology because they abandon money, but Gene Roddenberry beat you to that. I have a better idea in mind.  |
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« Reply #22 on: July 15, 2011, 12:51:29 AM » |
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I am SO writing a fiction story where mankind advances technology seven centuries in ten years by abandoning the silly notion of copyright.
In the information age, Intellectual Property rights are the only way to genuinely make money. Now, you could write a story about people advancing rapidly in technology because they abandon money, but Gene Roddenberry beat you to that. I have a better idea in mind. Robot Overlords outlawing copyright and making Progress mandatory! |
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« Reply #23 on: July 15, 2011, 08:25:48 AM » |
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Wait till I'm done writing, genius.  |
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« Reply #24 on: July 15, 2011, 09:19:17 AM » |
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I am SO writing a fiction story where mankind advances technology seven centuries in ten years by abandoning the silly notion of copyright.
In the information age, Intellectual Property rights are the only way to genuinely make money. Now, you could write a story about people advancing rapidly in technology because they abandon money, but Gene Roddenberry beat you to that. IP may allow some to make money but in the long run it stifles innovation decreasing our overall collective wealth which will slow down the advancement of the 'wealth' of the poor for example. This is based on the premise that money is not wealth. Wealth comes from production of goods (or ideas that allow enhanced production of goods). Write that fiction Kuroimaken. Is it a short, a novel, or other? |
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« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2011, 11:53:37 AM » |
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Probably a short. I seldom have the drive or the interest to write much beyond that without it being a collaborative effort; I'm weird that way.
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« Reply #26 on: July 15, 2011, 02:38:33 PM » |
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IP may allow some to make money but in the long run it stifles innovation decreasing our overall collective wealth which will slow down the advancement of the 'wealth' of the poor for example. I would argue that certain people being lazy douchebags stifles innovation. As I understand them, Intellectual Property Rights were created to help ensure the inventor got to have some of the money for their invention (whether by selling the invention or by manufacturing it and selling it themselves). It's lazy douchebags who want to make a quick buck by selling someone else's product without paying for time or labor, as the smart, hard-working (or just lucky) people get screwed out of the resources needed to continue innovating. After all, why invest in anything new, different, or useful with the possibility of losing your investment, when you can just sue the creator, steal the finished work, and profit? |
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« Reply #27 on: July 15, 2011, 02:41:09 PM » |
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As I understand them, Intellectual Property Rights were created to help ensure the inventor got to have some of the money for their invention (whether by selling the invention or by manufacturing it and selling it themselves). I heard it was because some king got annoyed at reading the same newspaper stories twice in different places.  |
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« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2011, 03:28:04 PM » |
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« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2011, 05:43:23 PM » |
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IP may allow some to make money but in the long run it stifles innovation decreasing our overall collective wealth which will slow down the advancement of the 'wealth' of the poor for example. I would argue that certain people being lazy douchebags stifles innovation. As I understand them, Intellectual Property Rights were created to help ensure the inventor got to have some of the money for their invention (whether by selling the invention or by manufacturing it and selling it themselves). It's lazy douchebags who want to make a quick buck by selling someone else's product without paying for time or labor, as the smart, hard-working (or just lucky) people get screwed out of the resources needed to continue innovating. After all, why invest in anything new, different, or useful with the possibility of losing your investment, when you can just sue the creator, steal the finished work, and profit? This. No IP rights = no incentive to invent. Also, coming up soon you're just not going to be able to make money selling data, because data is infinitely replicable. Infinite supply means there will always be a surplus, which means prices will always be too high (until it's free). |
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« Reply #30 on: July 15, 2011, 05:44:30 PM » |
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So no comments on the short, huh? |
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« Reply #31 on: July 17, 2011, 08:56:05 PM » |
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Now I'm glad that you're not a Japanese school girl who can change reality subconsciously. Before, I was just glad that you were not a Japanese school girl.
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It always seems like the barrels around here have something in them.
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« Reply #32 on: July 17, 2011, 10:32:54 PM » |
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Should I take that as a compliment?  |
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« Reply #33 on: July 17, 2011, 10:55:52 PM » |
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Now I'm glad that you're not a Japanese school girl who can change reality subconsciously. Before, I was just glad that you were not a Japanese school girl.
...our god is hotter.* *I am in no way advocating Haruhiism, I am making a joke. Seriously, that anime made my brain melt a little. |
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