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Should Copyright Be Abolished?
May 8, 2007, 00 :45 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (7604 reads)

(Other stories by Greg Bulmash)

"There's an old joke in which a man asks a woman if she'd sleep with him for a million dollars. After some thought, she says yes. Then he asks her if she'd sleep with him for 50 dollars. She says, 'of course not! What kind of girl do you think I am?'

"'We've established what kind of girl you are,' he replies. 'Now we're just haggling over the price.'

"When it comes to a lot of the more vocal proponents of abolishing copyright, that punch line applies..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
When the government granted monopoly tha ...   Copyright is a government grant of monopoly   
Bob_Robertson
May 8, 2007, 04:43:04
 
The greater problem is software patents, ...   Patents   
Don Whitbeck
May 8, 2007, 11:21:33
 
...it needs limits. You are entitled to  ...   Copyright is important but...   
philc
May 8, 2007, 12:56:40
 
The original article is somewhat simplis ...   The comments are excellent   
JJS
May 8, 2007, 15:55:19
 
I'm not sure who the author is refer ...   This strawman doesn't have a brain   
engineer_scotty
May 8, 2007, 16:29:36
 
The forest is on fire. So the firefighte ...   firefighters love fire   
Chao-Kuei Hung
May 8, 2007, 23:57:57
 
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