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Michael O'Keefe wrote:
That's true, but then how would they protect their work ? That's the dilemma I'm faced with in taking this stance.
Perhaps they don't have to. How much money do they make from selling quality hardware? Sure, someone else might come along eventually and clone their hardware if it were not protected by patents but would it turn them a profit before they did so?
The only thing we need to look at is if there would still be incentive to do it. Not whether they would still get ludicrously wealthy off of it. If there is any money in it someone will still do it. That is all that matters.
Tracy R Reed
And therein lies the Big Lie: that humankind will do nothing of any value unless money or some equivalent compensation is involved. It's a lie that has been told so many times that even the most reasonable and otherwise open minded among us never even question its validity.
We need only one word to characterize that lie: nonsense. The whole FOSS movement is all the evidence needed to refute the Big Lie. In fact, people will do what they love, or even like at the moment, for no other reason than that they get some measure of self-satisfaction from just the act of doing it.
Of course the likes of the MPAA and RIAA would have us believe that not one note, not one movie frame would ever be created unless the responsible artist (and his agent and other assorted courtiers) gets a gold piece from every living soul who has ever so much as breathed the air in the general vicinity of that art.
And what is this whole new attitude today that everyone thinks their shit's stink is so unique and compelling that they aught to be paid for it? Personally, I don't think Ashely Simpson should be paid one dime. In fact, she probably should be fined every time she opens her mouth!
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