XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   Thanatos wrote:   
   > Frank Frank wrote:   
   >   
   >>> aemeijers wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> Old rule of show biz- always leave them wanting more.   
   >>> But it's artificial scarcity. It's evil. If someone wants it now they   
   >>> should be able to have it now if they have the money to cover the costs   
   >>> (parts + labour) for providing one more marginal unit.   
   >   
   > Huh? If the owner of the property doesn't want to sell it, then that's   
   > his right. It's not evil.   
      
   The problem is that he gets to stop anyone else selling it too.   
      
   > If you want my car and I don't want to sell it, it's not evil of me to   
   > keep my own car just because you want to buy it from me. Doesn't matter   
   > how much money you offer.   
      
   But if I want a car I can get the same make and model from a dealership   
   or shop around for someone who is selling a used one.   
      
   You don't get to make every (say) Dodge Ram on the planet magically   
   disappear. Even Dodge doesn't get to make them go away. And if Dodge   
   stops manufacturing the Ram, Honda can continue manufacturing and   
   selling a Ram clone that's similar enough to the Ram to be completely   
   substitutable for it.   
      
   On the other hand, Paramount and Disney can apparently not themselves   
   manufacture, and simultaneously stop anyone else from manufacturing, a   
   COMPLETE CATEGORY OF SUBSTITUTABLE GOODS, i.e. nothing interchangeable   
   can be made by anybody anywhere. Ridiculous.   
      
   The *bare* minimum that must be done to fix this is to fix copyright law   
   so that a) if the copyright holder is not selling copies of or licensing   
   the rights to a work, then until they are doing so again it isn't   
   infringement for someone else to do so; and b) if the copyright isn't   
   used for a long enough period, say two years, the copyright immediately   
   expires.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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