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Skriven 2004-10-24 09:39:12 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 1064 av Adam Flinton (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Article on WIPO & the public good
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From: Ellen K. <72322.enno.esspeeayem.1016@compuserve.com>

Not today.   You can make a website and get it hosted for $7.95 a month.

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:59:29 +0100, Adam Flinton
<adam@NOSPAM_softfab.com> wrote in message <417b7ad2$1@w3.nls.net>:

>Ellen K. wrote:
>> True.   But at least there's the opportunity that the general public
>> buys your product.
>>
>
>Bullsh*t. No rich megacorp run by a rich man putting your "product"
>before the public, no sales.
>
>You could make like lucy in peanuts & put up a stall outside your house.
>
>Adam
>
>> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:11:21 -0400, "Robert Comer"
>> <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote in message <417b2928@w3.nls.net>:
>>
>>
>>>>But aside from that, it means that only those writers / artists /
>>>>composers etc whose work finds favor with the wealthy, can make a living
>>>>from what they produce.
>>>
>>>Not everyone produces for money or can make money producing, even with the
>>>way things are now..
>>>
>>>- Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>>"Ellen K." <72322.enno.esspeeayem.1016@compuserve.com> wrote in message
>>>news:q7amn0p9gf7ubk6fao7692l290vcavtl0j@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>As many as they WANT to support.   How many are they supporting today?
>>>>
>>>>But aside from that, it means that only those writers / artists /
>>>>composers etc whose work finds favor with the wealthy, can make a living
>>>>from what they produce.
>>>>
>>>>On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:19:59 -0700, jeff <jeff@shultzinfosystems.com>
>>>>wrote in message <417825e5$1@w3.nls.net>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ellen K wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>So you want to go back to the time of patronage?  That implies
>>>>>>royalty.  Your politics sure makes strange bedfellows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Not necessarily - it implies people with money. How many artists could
>>>>>a Theresa Heinz Kerry or a Bill & Melissa Gates support?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>From: Adam Flinton <adam_NO_@_SPAM_softfab.com> Gary Wiltshire
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Fuck yes, I own what I create.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Actually no you don't. The public own it & you get a temporary
>>>>>>>period of monopoly over it in order for you to derive some monetary
>>>>>>>compensation from the market.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The moment what I create is not protected  I will not create.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Astonishing that there was any literature or music or science or
>>>>>>>philosophy etc.etc. created before the WIPO existed isn't it.
>>>>>>>Shakespeare, Cicero, Ovid, Pope, Faraday et al must have been
>>>>>>>driven by a different motive than money. Adam
>>>>
>>

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