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- sofas0
Seems like an unspoken (?) argument in favor of intellectual property (IP) is "if I can't be the sole / highest profiter from my thought, no one else should be allowed to either".
Unspoken due to embarrassment in admitting it?
Also I would assume few people release their IP to the public domain after exhausting their efforts to monetize it. Could be they can't be bothered or haven't even thought about it, but I think it's ego..- NO, unspoken as in, "it should go without saying," or, "generally accepted without having to be mentioned, at all"monospaced
- Yes, it's generally accepted, without having to be spelled out, that the creator of IP should profit from it.monospaced
- Why would anyone be embarrassed of that? Why would anyone feel compelled to release IP in the first place? Your train of thought is quite odd.monospaced
- A.Why limit the monopoly to X years?
B.Copying is not theft, it's copying.
C.The main argument for IP is inventiveness, not X's thoughts are more privileged.sofas - IP reminds me of "calling" something, like riding shotgunsofas
- you make little-to-no sense most of the timemonospaced
- Actually no. IP is about “I get to control who profits from my work”cannonball1978