What we call intellectual property today was debated at the constitutional convention, but eventually made it into the constitution. Even copyleft (rah, rah, Linux!) depends on copyright to work. No, don’t do that.
I couldn’t find anything that I did agree with. Does this moron think that under his utopian system that anyone would continue to produce music and video?
Why? Because these people are big on sharing everyone elses wealth. Why not share theirs first and show us how well it works? They could be the first to set an example.
I do occasional driver work on a vary narrow subset of particular weird drivers for linux. I don't get paid for it, but I get linux for free, so I give and they give in a cooperative manner.
IP isn't quite so easy as some would have it seem.
What works for joint efforts (linux) doesn't work for individual creative efforts (David Weber's book). Apples and oranges.
/johnny
Has this moron never heard of intellectual property?
One little problem.
Entropy.
The arrow of time points in one direction.
Electrons are plentiful. The time and energy required to arrange those electrons from randomness to a meaningful pattern are not free.
Somebody has to eat to be able to make the nice “free” digital stuff go from random clouds to ordered bits on the net. They might need a computer too. And a guitar, drums, possibly some keyboards. Then some microphones, cables, and recording media. An audio editor comes in handy.
These things don’t like rain and snow very much, so now the creator of the “free” digital stuff could really use some shelter. Heat would be good in the winter. Cool in the summer. Plumbing is good.
I get paid to answer questions.
Not many atoms leave my hands, but a lot of electrons get moved.
By this reasoning, my clients have every right to the answers they want and need, but I have no right to make them pay to know the answer even though it may take me months to find it for them. And a computer. And some books. Maybe a place to keep them dry....
No. I am not liking this hypothesis.
By the way, there’s a good book for conservatives on this issue called “Digital Barbarism” by novelist Mark Helprin (not lefty journalist Mark Helperin).