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b_b · 3534 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Trans-Pacific Partnership suggests Obama has no sense of irony
The utopian vision of the Internet set is one in which nobody makes money off anything. Somehow, movies, cars, novels, and everything else would still get made in a world where anyone can sell anything. Remember: ideas and creations aren't the same thing. People put real blood sweat and tears into creations.
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user-inactivated · 3533 days ago · link ·
Yes, they were paid for their work just like any other worker. It was not necessary to be able to collect rent on the product of that work indefinitely. That's the more common case now too; it's publishers who derive significant income from licensing, and publishers are quickly becoming irrelevant.