It's amazing to watch these guys who think they're ultra-cutting-edge excise the individual from the world. I'd give their arguments a "C+" in my intro to sociology class. No society; no individuals. No individuals, no society or conscious social change.
Don't let them fluster you. Your playwright deserves to get paid, if his play proves worthy.
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: plagarism watch
>
> Dear List:
>
> Justin writes:
>
> > But there are a bunch of problems. He's not doing
> it alone.
>
> Well, I haven't seen anyone else in our apartment typing
> with him. LOL.
>
> > How much is his contribution and to what and how much
> does that (morally) entitle him?
>
> I do not know. That is why I was asking.
>
> > Suppose writing the play is a breeze for him. Has he contributed
> less than if it were an agony?
>
> No. Why should that matter?
>
> > Does it matter how much time he takes writing it?\\
>
> No. A work of art takes the time it takes.
>
> > Also, even if he has a right to the product of "his" labors,
> it doesn't follow that he has a right to the fruit of that product,
> e.g., the profit, if any, from selling it in the market.
>
> Why? Isn't part of the struggle getting workers the right to
> the fruit of their labors?
>
> > Plagiarism is conscious copying.
>
> Okay. Got it.
>
> > Btw, I don't think there are a finite # of ways to look at
> Hitchcock or any great artist.
>
> I think we are finite creatures in a finite universe. I do not believe
> that the finite can give rise to the infinite. I think the bigger problem
> is that capitalist culture puts apremium on originality instead of
> usefulness.
> I think it is much healthier to be pragmatic (didn't James say pragmatism
> was just a new name for old ways of thinking?) than original. An
> emphasis on usefulness also cuts down on the cult of self.
>
> Brian Dauth
> Queer Buddhist Resister
>
>
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