By the same logic, if Benson Principle is not important, lets streamline charity too; it's more efficient that way. Lets have men with guns come to every house and take people's property for the poor; or better yet, lets deduct the money right from the paycheck, and give it to the government who enforces this, and who will distribute (whatever's left) to the poor....O, wait! We are already doing it! It's called "withholding!"Mummy wrote:They agree to it when they voluntarily buy it with the copyright stamped on it.....and the basic understanding and common respect concerning the fact they didn't create/develop it.....and are thus purchasing it - paying the inventor such that the inventor/creator can continue to add additional value (more IP).LoveIsTruth wrote:The problem is that with patents and copyright you will be enforcing your contract on the people who did NOT agree to it. That is the key difference. And that is immoral.Mummy wrote:So then what's the problem with copyrights and patents? I enter into a contract with a record company to distribute my IP.....they and only they are authorized (contracted) by me to do so. They sell the CDs under a purchase agreement with the buyer not to replicate the material (w/o copyright it would naturally be a more intensive legal process to access the IP - thus more costly).....or in other words....no one can take the IP or replicate it without paying for it (which you have already previously stated was WRONG).
Instead of something simple and easy (but requiring common decency and respect of the masses) you would prefer a lawyer present at every transaction to ensure that the person acquiring the IP fully understands the ramifications and legal force that could be utilized against them if they disregard the signed contract necessary to conclude the deal in Utopia. Then of course you still have to enforce the agreement if you have a population that doesn't have common decency and respect of the masses.
But in your Utopia the lawyers and cops would rule and very little transactions would occur!
Best Buy, Ultimate Electronics, etc - instead of 10 salesmen you have 5 salesmen and 5 lawyers!
This is your logic, and it protects the status quo which is WRONG, and immoral. Therefore, I guess you deserve the tyranny that you get, because you have no respect for the fundamental principles of liberty, of which Benson Principle is one of the most important ones!
Good luck in your self-created government hell, that you support and love so much! You truly deserve it!
It is blind people like you, who are the best support for government tyranny, because the best way to herd the sheep, is to brainwash them through greed and dis-info, and through sheer stupidity, to herd themselves! This is what you are doing, unfortunately. But again, then you deserve the tyranny that you get as a just retribution for your lack of respect for the true principles of liberty, i.e. the Benson Principle.
Good luck.