[plug] Re: "stealing"?

[Colin Muller]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:53:33AM +0800, garry wrote:
> Using the same logic, I paraphrase..
> 
> The notion of powered flight did not always exist.

The powered flight you are provided with cannot be copied by you (and
provided to your friends) without using the resources of the person
who provided the flight to you. An item of intellectual "property"
can. Your analogy fails before it begins because of that simple fact.
This mistaken analogy is what lies at the root of all assumptions that
copyright is the only suitable way to reward people for intellectual
production.

Colin