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To: Logophile

Without paying what for it? Who decides a product's value, the market or the marketeers? The file sharing flap was the market telling the marketeers that their product was only worth stealing.

I will not buy a virtual product. If it ain't a hard copy than I ain't buyin' it.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. Merry Christmas.


11 posted on 12/23/2006 6:13:55 PM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: dhuffman@awod.com
Without paying what for it?

Uh, money, as in dollars or Euros. Isn't that the usual way to pay for something?

Who decides a product's value, the market or the marketeers?

The market, of course. But markets are only possible where property rights are respected—and that includes intellectual property, in my opinion.

The file sharing flap was the market telling the marketeers that their product was only worth stealing.

I don't believe so. No one bothers to steal something they do not consider attractive or valuable.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. Merry Christmas.

I don't see how this statement is relevant to my post, but I agree with it anyway. Merry Christmas to you too!

22 posted on 12/23/2006 6:27:03 PM PST by Logophile
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