Re: A question for Isaac, Matches and everybody who's interested

Posted by Primer Gray (208.251.7.66) on April 30, 2002 at 14:38:58:

In Reply to: A question for Isaac, Matches and everybody who's interested posted by diarm (194.125.207.223) on April 30, 2002 at 12:39:18:

: What if all the laws protecting intellectual property (patents, copyright) were scrapped?

: What do you see happening to the economy? To firms that invent and produce stuff?

Ah, how is buying used items different? Used cars, CD's, etc...the inventors, and copyright holders receive no money from these sales. They are in effect selling the work of others and profiting from it rather than just sharing them. Should used cars and CD's be illegal?

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• Here's the hole in your argument... froggyTheFrog (9w1) (158.114.92.201) 15:32:16 04/30/02 (8)
  • That's no hole Bartholomew (63.214.83.187) 21:07:02 04/30/02 (0)
  • the real problem isaac (68.63.80.7) 16:04:38 04/30/02 (6)
    • Re: the real problem Mikko (193.234.247.51) 07:45:53 05/02/02 (0)
    • your last point is simply untrue Diarm (194.125.174.158) 11:28:54 05/01/02 (4)
      • Not true Mikko (193.234.247.51) 07:36:47 05/02/02 (3)
        • Re: true diarm (194.125.205.81) 11:15:59 05/02/02 (2)
          • Re: true Mikko (193.234.247.51) 12:41:29 05/02/02 (1)
            • I've never liked them either Emily (68.13.146.250) 04:41:35 05/03/02 (0)

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