On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:45:02 -0700, cc wrote:
> On Jun 24, 5:04 pm, Homer <use...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>> > AP: Others Who Use Our Work For Free Are Stealing... Now Who Wants To
>> > Provide Content To Us For Free?
>>
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> [...]
>> > | AP and other newspapers complaining about people "stealing" their |
>> > coverage should actually be paying the people who make the news. |
>> > After all, aren't they really creating the "content"?
>>
>> Exactly.
>>
>> This is a perfect example of how knowledge is inherited, cumulative,
>> and derivative, and therefore can never be legitimately claimed as a
>> person's (or company's) exclusive property. To do so is a blatant lie.
>
> I own a few material objects that are inherited. Are they not my
> exclusive property? I own a few material objects that are cumulination
> of time (among other things). Are they not my exclusive property? I own
> many derivative material objects. Are they not my exclusive property?
> How is knowledge different?
If you have a chair, you can give it away or sell, then you don't have it
anymore. If you have knowledge and you give away or sell it, you still
have it.
--
Rick
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