Intellectual Monopoly: The Origin of the Pieces
Thu, 16/07/2009 - 2:07am — HomerThe Myth Of Original Creators | Techdirt
The "Right" to Own Knowledge
by Slated - Jul 13th, 2009 @ 9:12pm@Anonymous Coward - Jul 4th, 2009 @ 3:22pm
Reed: "There are no original works made by individuals in a vacuum is my point. This does go against the way you define "original" because it does not really exist in my mind."
Anonymous Coward: "This is a really amazingly extreme viewpoint to me"
I'm sure.
Equally, it could be argued that your viewpoint is extreme, since it supports the notion that originality is defined as mere contribution to accreted works, and thus justifies exclusive ownership and control by those new contributors, denying both attribution and right of access (and/or other rights) to earlier contributors.
Intellectual Monopolists Revoke Your "Right to Read Out Loud"
Sun, 15/02/2009 - 5:42am — HomerNew Kindle Audio Feature Causes a Stir - WSJ.com
"They don't have the right to read a book out loud," said Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild.
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