[lbo-talk] Dumb QOTD: What kind of labor produces intellectual property?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 2 13:10:35 PDT 2011


On Sep 2, 2011, at 3:51 PM, SA wrote:


> Copyright on music or prose creates above-normal profit just as much as a patent on a machine does. In both cases profit is higher because the inventor/writer is given a monopoly on production.

Monopoly compared to what? No one else has written my book.

That's rather different from a patent on the 4th iteration on Valium, or whatever they're up to now.

Doug



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