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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com   
      
   Ian Galbraith sent the following on 10/28/2009 5:03 PM:   
   > On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:19:34 -0500, Jim Gysin wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> In terms of the bigger picture, it never ceases to amaze me when people   
   >> fail to see the damaging effects of the disincentives that they're so   
   >> willing to promote.  And it's not just as it relates to creative types,   
   >> but to the best of the best in anything.  Few people will make an effort   
   >> to stand out and produce great things if the end result is that a horde   
   >> of ingrates steal their output or decide, by judicial thuggery, to tell   
   >> them how much their efforts are worth in a "fair" society.  It's   
   >> parasitism at its worst.   
   >   
   > Strawman, everyone on this thread except for 1 person wants some   
   > reasonable term of copyright to enable creators to reap a benefit and   
   > continue creating.   
      
   And you all want to force the creators of the world to accept *your*   
   definition of "reasonable."  Again, it's thuggery.  Granted, you're not   
   in the same cheap ass thief league as Seamus, but it's still thuggery.   
      
   If you honestly believe in freedom, why not allow them to be free to   
   define the term for themselves, at which point you're free to accept   
   their selling terms or to deny yourself the benefits of the works that   
   only they can create?   
      
   Here's what would happen in a truly free society.  Each artist would set   
   his own terms, and those who set their terms too high will not sell much   
   of their work.  As a result, they will lower their prices and adjust   
   their terms according so that their price and terms reflect what society   
   is willing to *freely* offer in exchange for access to that work.  And   
   if society and its creators cannot come to terms, then it sounds to me   
   as if society doesn't see much real benefit to those works in the first   
   place.   
      
   --   
   Jim Gysin   
   Waukesha, WI   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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