Re: Debate discussion: intellectual property in an AC land
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I can't remember which, but one poster states that Ideas are not scarce? I hope they flush that out since that assumption seems false to me.
sure, when a song is recorded, 10 copies or 10 billion copies can be downloaded at negligible cost. still there are huge 'discovery' costs associated with most worthwhile ideas. if people aren't compensated for incurring 'discovery' costs then what incentive do they have to properly invest their time into discovering new ideas.
i hope the solution isn't "humans have an innate desire to create" or "love".
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Oh boy have you missed a few pages of IP debate threads. You won't find an ACist here who thinks ideas are scarce. By non-scarce, they mean, if I have an idea, and tell you that idea, I still have my idea. If I give you my shirt, I don't have my shirt anymore. Sure, the resources to discover ideas are scarce. One discovered, the actual idea isn't scarce.
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