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Re:Lawsuit over online book lending could bankrupt Internet ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:21AM (#23400464)
The most valuable possession people have is time and attention. Producing works of knowledge and culture involves people giving up their time and attention to produce something. If they have done so, they deserve to have ownership of it.

As Abraham Lincoln said “ That is their argument, and this argument of the Judge is the same old serpent that says you work and I eat, you toil and I will enjoy the fruits of it. “

Whenever, you appropriate for yourself the fruits of other people’s toil, you are sowing seeds of tyranny.

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Re:Lawsuit over online book lending could bankrupt Internet ... by door99 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @10:53AM (#23403997)
> The most valuable possession people have is time and attention. Producing works of knowledge and culture involves people giving up their time and attention to produce something. If they have done so, they deserve to have ownership of it.

They deserve to be paid (eg, by a University), but they do not deserve ownership in terms of exclusive rights to its use. Can you imagine how far back science would be held if any applications of Newton or Einstein’s work required royalties to their estate? Are suggesting that the fact that they aren’t is tyranny?

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