In article ,
Ben Bradley wrote:

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:02:34 -0800, Jay Kadis
wrote:

In article ,
"Bob Olhsson" wrote:

There is a fundamental difference between intellectual and real
property:
intellectual property can be replicated without the original creator
losing
their ability to use the property.

Excuse me, since when is getting paid for it not USING the property?


I'm afraid you lost me there...?

I understood him. If you're selling copies of an intellectual work
(to which you have the rights), you're using it to get paid. Someone
else making and giving away copies reduces your market and your
ability to sell your copies.
Thus the part Bob quoted is false: When others replicate it, the
original creator DOES lose their ability to use the property.

-Jay

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That makes sense. Still it doesn't prevent the originator from using the idea,
only from benefitting monetarily as much as they would have. But I never said
the originator should not be able to exclusively regulate the use of the IP,
only that the heirs of the creator not benefit ad infinitum.

-Jay
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