I am strongly convinced that the possession of ideas and creations of the intellect is not possible. In my opinion, only physical things can be possessed, that is, things that are limited, that is, that can only be in one place. The power or the freedom to do with the object what one wants corresponds to the concept of possession. This does not mean, however, that one must expose everything openly. It is ultimately the difference between proprietary solutions, where the “construction manual” is kept to oneself, and the open source philosophy, where this source is accessible to everyone.

As the title says, I would oppose this thesis to your arguments and hope that together we can rethink and improve our positions. Please keep in mind that this can be an enrichment for all, so we discuss with each other and not against each other ;)

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    In your world, how would anyone who makes an intangible product ever be fairly compensated if you could just steal it? Things like books, songs, video games, films do take real effort, time, care, talent, and loads of hard work to create, and if someone consumes that, they need to pay the creators for that consumption.

    There are ton of creators on twitch that get money thrown at them when you can watch their content for free. They have ads, but they still get money thrown at them. People know that if you like something you need to support it if you want more.

    We have platforms like patreon or Kickstart to fund creators and proyects.

    I find a lot of people make the argument you’re making to try and justify their own theft of IP. But those same people sing an entirely different song the moment someone else begins to steal from them. I certainly hope that happens to you someday, that your hard work is not fairly compensated or stolen from you, so you can understand it from the opposite perspective too.

    I’m a programmer and you can copy all my code, I don’t mind, if we all collaborate we can create better things. You can copy my application or my code, but you can’t copy my way of thinking, I will always be ahead.

    • @trias10English
      1•1 year ago

      I’m also a programmer, and you cannot copy any of my code, unless you want to pay me for it.

      So two programmers can fundamentally disagree on whether or not their hard work should be accessed for free.

      • @kkluszEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        So it isn’t a ridiculous argument after all, seeing as some programmers don’t mind their work being “stolen”