"all works of the human mind belong by default (i.e. absent any legal regime to the contrary) to all human beings"Beautiful sentiments, Guest Okie. And of course everyone is welcome to have beautiful ideas; it's a free country. But if they are not the sentiments of the population as a whole, why should *WE* believe them? Why should we enforce them by our laws?
I think everybody should love God and go to church on Sunday, but I also think it would be wrong to impose that on people by law. Because I realize the difference between my feelings and desires, and what is reasonably the object of government enforcement. The purpose of government is not to enforce one person's ideals and noble sentiments, but rather to ensure that society can exist with minimal friction, bloodshed, etc.
Presumably there are people who think intellectual property should belong to its creator and his dependents in perpetuity. Why is your sentiment better, or more worthy of legal enforcement, than theirs?
Lastly, why should all works of the human MIND be public domain, but not all works of human HANDS?
Alex
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