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The claims about what inventors deserve reminds me of socialist ideas about how much life's essentials -- food, medicine, housing -- should cost. It's all well and good, but what do you do when supply and demand disagrees with you?
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These issues were discussed last week. See my first two posts on the following page:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...Number=9500675
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If you believe creators got to get paid, can you offer a mechanism where that is possible?
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Make the innovator an offer. Otherwise, it will be settled in the courts.
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How much damage are the creators allowed to do to innocent people in their quest to get paid?
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How much did the imitator benefit by adopting the innovation?