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Skriven 2004-10-25 00:22:48 av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 1092 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>

You're talking to someone who started several successful businesses on a
shoestring.   So I'm not buying what you're peddling.

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:22:07 +0100, Adam Flinton
<adam@NOSPAM_softfab.com> wrote in message <417c36f7$1@w3.nls.net>:

>Ellen K. wrote:
>> Not today.   You can make a website and get it hosted for $7.95 a month.
>>
>
>But without marketing who would come?
>
>Adam
>
>> 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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