Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: Methods of Compensation for Ethereal Creations
Author: William Crim Posted: 9/1/2000; 9:20:29 AM Topic: The Lie of "IP" Msg #: 20693 (In response to 20681) Prev/Next: 20692 / 20694
No, IP laws are about treating ideas as property, so they can be bought and sold in a market AFTER their creation, as incentive to create them.#3 is talking about simple services. I provide a programming service to my employer for a fee. This has nothing to do with IP laws. Even without IP laws, I would still be hired as a programmer for the service of creating solutions through programming.
Copyright artificially treats ideas as property so they can be bought or sold after their creation. If I pay you to write code for me, that is a service. If I pay you to use code you have already written, that is where copyright comes in, that is also where copyright enforcement falls apart in a networked world.
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- Re: Methods of Compensation for Ethereal Creations, Joshua Allen, 9/1/2000; 9:49:21 AM
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