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kleinbl00  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can we cogently refute "stealing is stealing"?

Kids these days.

Royalties are not new. Royalties for music are over 100 years old. Patents are even older. Information can totally be owned, should be owned and in many cases must be owned. Look up Chamberlen forceps if you need a crash course in the value of intellectual property to the common good.