REH wrote:
> 1. Capitalism is based in private property. Do you not advocate ownership
> of physical private property? Could you explain that a little more?
The question is a non-sequitur. There can be physical private property
without capitalism.
> No matter how I look at it, the idea of patents
> or the ownership of processes, seems as valid as the ownership of anything.
^^^^^^^^^^^
Not so, because the ownership of a patent is _exclusive_ whereas the
ownership of a material object (say, a spoon) is not. If you own a spoon,
that does not prevent others from owning (or using) spoons too. But the
ownership of software patents does prevent others (esp. open source PRGers)
from using important algorithms -- or worse, from programming altogether,
because they'd have to check for every algorithm they use whether it is
already patented (way too much work). That's the big difference between
ownership of sw patents and ownership of "anything". And that's why it's
consistent to oppose ownership of sw patents but not ownership of spoons.
> 2. No, same process two different applications but processes travel. A is
> A no matter whether the word is Angel or Averice. The issue is what the
> purpose for A happens to be in the writing. The process that I described
> compared the "software" i.e. pedagogical processes in the case of teachers,
> inhabited the same economic space as the software that "teaches" a computer
> what to do and say. I don't understand why you didn't "get" that?
Your analogy remains fatally flawed, because the law you oppose does not
make it illegal to teach voice in a certain way (with a certain "algorithm").
This law is not about patents, not even about IP, but about owning humans.
That's wrong and not necessary in order to teach great voices.
> 4. How are you on compound interest? How about we do away with all of
> that "speculation" and see how well the standard of living of Switzerland
> fares as a farm and shepherd community again.
For the record, the compound interest in Switzerland is about the lowest
worldwide. As for "farm and shepherd community", you must have missed
industrialization. Swiss exports are more than 4 times higher than US
exports (per capita) -- and that without a car industry and without
raw materials to speak of. How much do banks produce ? So there must
be a lot more to it than cheese and banks.
> The teacher takes NO salary and invests all of the Time, Resources and
> Access into a "form" of living tissue and creates art through the
> cultivation of growth.
If he views "living tissue" as a commodity (Menschenmaterial?), perhaps he
should become a cattle rancher.
Chris
