On 31/01/07, James Cridland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/30/07, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Metaphors that compare digital data to physical objects are almost
> always confusion.
Agreed.
:-)
> Stealing is stealing, copying is copying. Stealing is not copying.
Not agreed. But then, you might be confusing physical objects
with data. (!)
Do explain :-)
> If you make furniture, the fact that furniture-duplication wands are
> invented does not give you the right to restrict people from
> duplicating chairs.
No, but I should have the rights to restrict people from duplicating MY
chairs.
I'm sorry I wasn't clear, because that's what I meant. Restated:
If you make furniture, the fact that furniture-duplication wands are
invented does not give you the right to restrict people from
duplicating the chairs you made. Restricing commercial duplication
might be okay, but not non-commercial in-the-public-view duplication,
and certainly not private between-friends duplication.
--
Regards,
Dave
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