tedd wrote:
At 9:26 AM -0500 7/17/07, Larry Garfield wrote:
On Tuesday 17 July 2007, tedd wrote:
Once I have written code or words, the time I have spent on that is
gone. I
will never get that time back, regardless of whether or not I get
paid for it
after the fact.
Ok, then it would be an acceptable excuse for your employer not to
give you a paycheck -- after all, you already spent the time, right?
That doesn't make sense dude.
I don't mean to be putting words in your mouth, but it sounds like
your claim here is absurd.
I'm not arguing copyright, or any other government bullshit, I'm
simply saying that we all work for someone and we all should be paid
for our efforts.
An author of any digital material (code, books, music, whatever)
should be paid for their effort just like anyone else. The idea that
because the work product is digital, and thus there was no effort
expended in making a copy, and thus implies no obligation to the
author, is just plain wrong.
I've written software all my life and I have on numerous occasions run
into individuals who ask something like "Can you get me a copy? It's
not worth it for me to pay for it because <you add in whatever reason
you want>. I would just like to get a copy."
And you think that if somehow, somebody was able to magically lock down
all copies, all of those people would pony up the money and pay you or
buy that software? It's the assumption that the music and movie
industry make that if only they could lock down all those places the
money would come flowing in.
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