[lbo-talk] plagiarism watch

Eubulides paraconsistent at comcast.net
Wed Dec 22 13:16:34 PST 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dawson" <MDawson at pdx.edu>


> Intellectual property is theft.
>
> Chuck

Tell that to Little Richard, who never got a nickel from Pat Boone, who stole his songs outright before copyright was extended to music.

If it's created by the labor of its owner, property is not theft.

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Naive Lockeanism.

By that short assertion, Einstein and his heirs should own the stream/flow of exchange value of the STR, the GTR and lots of other 'stuff.'

And why *shouldn't* he? What makes his creativity different from that of Little Richard, or Picasso?



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