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If the ideas aren't scarce, is the time and resources devoted to creating, recording and reproducing them scarce?
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Without a doubt yes. It is also this combination of time and resources along with creativity and ingenuity that create such scarce ideas as.
And also why simple copyright is the most logical and fair way of protecting this work with a defacto contract.
Stealing someones time, resources, creativity and ingenuity
is still theft even if its only copying a CD that you didn't buy.