[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-10 Thread Craig Spencer
John, > >> If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to > >> Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them someone posts > >> the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads it for > >> free, where is the justice in that? > > > >Respectfully, I suggest that it is

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-10 Thread Cambist.net
-- >From: "Craig Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea >Date: Wed, Oct 9, 2002, 7:27 PM >> If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to >> Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them some

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 6:51 PM -0600 on 10/9/02, John Kyle wrote: > If I spend the next 6 months in my > attic writing a sequel to Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell > them someone posts the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads > it for free, where is the justice in that? It's not "just

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
At 04:45 PM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/napster.htm > >>the legal protection of a monopoly > >"monopoly" is a synonym for "property". I think you're talking about one's personal "monopoly" power over one's own property, and

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread chuck
Ok I've been a subscriber to this list for, well lets say a very long time and have seen some real wild discussions on it, But this one is getting nuts, what started this was some fellow looking to buy a CD or two using some E-Gold (yes banana gold is they way to go!) and it's turned into this wil

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Schear
> >"John Kyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote At 06:27 PM 10/9/2002 -0700, Craig Spencer wrote: >John, > > > If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to > > Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them someone posts > > the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads i

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Craig Spencer
John, > If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to > Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them someone posts > the entire thing to the internet and everyone downloads it for > free, where is the justice in that? Respectfully, I suggest that it is your responsibil

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread jpm
You're just one of those whacky capitalists, John! :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'Gold is the soul of all civil life, that can resolve all things into itself, and turn itself into all things' Samuel Butler --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as:

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread John Kyle
If I am selling a CD, I am not selling the physical item, but the music on the CD itself. The same goes if I write a novel, as I am not selling the bound paper, but the story therein. If I spend the next 6 months in my attic writing a sequel to Atlas Shrugged, and the moment I begin to sell them

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread jpm
>Anyway, I try to understand both sides of this debate,... check out Baumol http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691096155 who's about the only interesting thinker on the issues, if you're interested.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'Gold is the soul of all civil

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread jpm
> From http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/napster.htm typical every day socialism amd socialist economics, no amazing surprises here .. >consumer rights aka "socialism" >the legal protection of a monopoly "monopoly" is a synonym for "property". >>The computer industry, for e

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 11:20 AM -0500 on 10/9/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Whoever owns the music, owns the music, end of story. Wrong. Who ever owns a *copy* of the music, owns a *copy* of the music. The fact that the law isn't keeping up with the technology isn't the fault of the technology. It would be quit

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Greg Broiles
At 12:41 PM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[...] > If Ayn Rand was still around she'd probably SHOOT anyone who napster'd > a copy of one of her novels or movies. If I use photoshop without paying > for it for awhile, I openly call that THEFT. Because that's what it is. > THEFT.

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread David Brooks
Music for the new Millenium. Read to you by the storyteller at your very own public library. "Yes, Grandson", I said to the small person sitting on my knee, "There was a time when you could logon and discuss how Gold and Silver money would help the world become a better place. Of course, tha

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread James M. Ray
http://www.msnbc.com/news/817175.asp takes a look at the Eldred v. Ashcroft case, which deals with whether the copyrights for books, films, music, and cartoons (especially Steamboat Willie!) should go on forever (or for a lot longer, as per the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act which t

[e-gold-list] RE: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread R.LeVeque
SV Gisp, Check out: mp3DownloadHQ http://www.mp3downloadhq.com They don't sell CDs but they're worth a "look see"... Courtesy of: AmeriConn - eCurrencyCrawler http://www.americonn.com/cgi/ecc/search/search.pl?Terms=music Cheers, RJ > Guys, > > I am a lover of all kinds of music and I am

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:20 AM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote: >> >>>... Over $80 million was spent by Napster not-getting this idea >>>before they died, so it's definitely yet-another pile of money on the >>>ground, waiting for somebody to pick it up, IMO

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread jpm
>In my scenario the artists would own the music, end of story. >In my scenario an artist would be architect, builder, and landlord. > OK, that's an interesting scenario, but your post I think implied that you feel the current scenario is sort of wrong, morally wrong -- that in a way in the curr

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Randall Randall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote: >> >> Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suicide and needlessly >> antagonizing the artistic community > > aka "theft" (either you believe in ownership of property or not!) The hallmark of theft is that the vi

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
At 11:20 AM 10/9/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>... The artists could get a huge cut and not be indentured servants to >>the record companies. > >Geez, what is this ... communist day? Let's see, what did I describe? Artists would produce music, own music, sell direct to the market, by

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread James M. Ray
At 12:05 PM -0400 10/9/02, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: ... >Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suicide and needlessly >antagonizing the artistic community by not implementing some kind of AFAIK, nobody at Napster ever even TRIED e-gold (it wasn't for lack of me asking them to, though). It

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread jpm
>At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote: > >>... Over $80 million was spent by Napster not-getting this idea >>before they died, so it's definitely yet-another pile of money on the >>ground, waiting for somebody to pick it up, IMO. ... > >Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suici

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
At 10:44 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, James M. Ray wrote: >... Over $80 million was spent by Napster not-getting this idea >before they died, so it's definitely yet-another pile of money on the >ground, waiting for somebody to pick it up, IMO. ... Yes, I always thought Napster was committing suicide and

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread jpm
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[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread James M. Ray
At 10:27 AM -0400 10/9/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Guys, > >I am a lover of all kinds of music and I am not able to find any online merchants >accepting e-gold for CDs. ... This is a good idea, but why bother with a physical CD, instead of just vending an MP3 (or just asking for a tip, as ww

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
At 10:35 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: >Use http://www.bananagold.com. You can spend e-gold, 1mdc, or >Goldmoney. I bet they ship worldwide but I'm not 100% certain. Well I scrolled down the page a bit and it's quite clear they ship worldwide. -- Patrick --- You are currently

[e-gold-list] Re: Business Idea

2002-10-09 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
At 10:27 AM 10/9/2002 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Guys, > >I am a lover of all kinds of music and I am not able to find any online >merchants accepting e-gold for CDs. Will someone please take my advice and >start doing this. It might also be a good idea if you will ship worldwide >since e