[Upd-discuss] !@!Public Domain & Eminent Domain

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron]

I really think you're on a wrong debate because the use of =20
Intellectual Control has nothing to do with capitalism or other means =20=

to organize the economical life of citizens.

First, as Michael explained it quite often, Intellectual Control is a =20=

tool to achieve policital means. Second, as Lawrence Lessig and =20
others highlighted it, Intellectual Control can also be given by =20
political agents to creative agents as an economical incentive for =20
Intellectual creation.

But these 2 functions can very well be put in motion, whether the =20
economical environment is capitalist or not.

Thus, we must not restrein ourselves to the rethorics of our enemies. =20=

We must not talk about the economical reality of Intellectual =20
Property. But we must rather remember that the economical effect of =20
Intellectual Control is only a matter of politics.

The economical role of Intellectual Property could very well be =20
achieved through other means. It only exists because politic agents =20
one day decided to delegate their censorship power to the people they =20=

identified as authors, thus creating an economy of scarcity that may =20
well have been a good incentive for creation at a time... but which =20
is not justified as of today.

That's why, I don't think we should lose ourselves in economical =20
debates about Intellectual Property : Intellectual Control is a =20
political theft of the freedom of consciousness that has only been =20
artificially delegated to "authors".

Le 26 juil. 05 =E0 11:28, Rob Myers a =E9crit :

> On 25 Jul 2005, at 18:48, sandor wrote:
>
>
>>    All things public-domain are incompatible with capitalism.
>>
>
> But surely not in the sense that capitalism cannot make use of =20
> them. That is, capitalism can make use of the public domain quite =20
> easily, and then deny the results of that usage to the public =20
> domain. In this way, the public domain is more compatible with =20
> capitalism than private property is, as private property must be =20
> paid for, reducing profit.
>
> - Rob.
>
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