Klarinet Archive - Posting 000120.txt from 2010/07

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] iTunes and mp3
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:49:29 -0400

On 07/07/2010 10:27 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
> No, they are the same. Software is a creative endeavor just as music is. And conversely music is as structured as software. Both should be protected. Both should have a blanket assumption until the proprietor decides to remove it.

... and software, like music, has the protection of copyright. Patents
are a different thing, and have different -- and in the case of
software, extremely negative -- effects.

Your use of the term "blanket assumption" is rather appropriate, since
that is what you are making yourself -- blanket assumptions about how
things should be when you have no knowledge of the actual reality that
software developers face when it comes to either creating innovative
work or making a living.

Perhaps you should ask them what kind of legal protections they think
are appropriate for their work, before jumping in with a strong opinion? :-)

> Your "take home message" is BS. There is little incentive to create if
> I'm not going to be able to profit from it.

No bedtime stories for your kids, then ...
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