On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Eric Funk <[email protected]> wrote: >> Laws regarding intellectual property may be an invention of the state, >> but the idea behind IP is not. >> >> Example: >> I paint a scene that is wholely a work of my imagination (IE something >> that doesn't occur naturally, the only source of inspiration would be >> my painting). I refuse to allow anyone else to paint a copy of it. >> Someone does, I beat them up. The state is not enforcing this, I am. > > In your example, what if company B has 50 armed gunmen, and you (as > independent artist) only have one (or none)? How is your IP enforced? > > In a fictional world, does it resort to megacorps sponsors who, through the > equivalent of international treaties, enforce it for you? We're back to > governments... Outside such a protection racket, we might only have the > altruistic scientists who invent because "this invention should be in all > homes in the world!" > > - > Eric Funk
Or the type that I think make Open Source work. These are the ones that do it because they like to and really don't care much about anything else but perhaps some praise. I know that I write software because it is fun for me to do it and then I just give it away because what else can I do with it? -- Douglas E Knapp Why do we live? _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
