>Property is equally artificial, without law to enforce it. Consider >societies with no property rights at all. Consider anarchy, where anyone can >seize anything by force or guile or persuasion or charm.
nitpick: that's not anarchy. anarchy is, by definition, rule by no-one--no one has the ability to tell another what to do. seizing something by force is exerting your will over another--i.e., rule by force--which isn't anarchy. > > >"Every so often, we need to tweak our efforts to hit that sweet spot." >> >> This quote truly scares the me. Look at the real world. > >I thought we were discussing intrinsic natures, not the real world? >Hehehe... Sorry, but the real world can be wrong. Yes, the trend is for >rights periods to lengthen; but ideally, the period should contract in some >cases as well. Again, every so often, we need to tweak our efforts to hit >that sweet spot. however, until we either revoke the rights of personhood from corporations (ideally) or saddle them with the responsibilities (next-best-thing), i doubt that we'll ever see a trend in the other direction. i just can't envision a situation where it's to the advantage of legally-powerful economically-powerful IP-owning immortal individuals with essentially no consumption activity to restrict/lessen IP rights. -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/woodelph/ If any religion is right, maybe they all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers, just as long as you say them. --Sinclair _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
