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Originally Posted by Robbie
Well, look at what he said...the grandchildren of Irving Berlin should NOT have any right to monetize their grandfathers work because they didn't do anything to earn it.
Yet, in the same breath the insinuation is made that the gideongalleries of the world SHOULD be able to monetize it. Even though they didn't do anything to earn it either!  |
no he is not
he is saying those kids should not have a right to PREVENT people from monetizing the work.
the kids could still make money from the work, they could sell it themselves from their own domain for example.
the point of public domain is that everyone should have an equal right make money from the work
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So yeah, if a person works their entire lives and wants to leave something for his family that he loves...too bad! Instead all of his musical works should belong to GideonGallery and GatorB
Of course, if gideon or gator were the ones who actually DID something and wanted to leave that legacy to their children and grandchildren and their families...I think they might feel slightly different.
But that's just me. I'm sure if my name were Karl Marx I would feel more like the gideongallery types of this world.
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funny
how you are the one argueing for a
government granted monopoly and accusing me of being marxist.
henry ford didn't need a monopoly on car production to make money. he could compete against different companies who used his IP for the horseless carriage against him.