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by worldshit
1448 days ago
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> No because once you used them I don't have them anymore. I mean entering your house, doing my business in your toilet and leave. I won't take your toilet with me, I'll come back when I need it again. > when I use the faucet to give drinks to my friends? But your friends all have their own house with their own plumbing they paid him for, so he can continue making a living from his craft.
Writing a book takes months or years, not 2 hours like repairing a toilet, so of course the author needs to ask for money from everyone who wants to access it. |
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We're moving the goalpost here. And we're still talking about physical property (or possession) vs. intellectual property. I suggest we stop with that line of reasoning/metaphor.
> But your friends all have their own house with their own plumbing they paid him for, so he can continue making a living from his craft.
Again, the metaphor does not hold. Such a situation only means that the plumber is the only plumber in town. If we have multiple plumbers (so we can stick to the metaphor) my plumber can't forbid me to use my plumbing for certain uses (like watering my plants or offering water to my friends for free or for a fee).
> Writing a book takes months or years, not 2 hours like repairing a toilet, so of course the author needs to ask for money from everyone who wants to access it.
So it's just a quantitative difference? I can pay 1 cent per 1000 toilet flushes then. Seems fair.
My point is, I think these kind of metaphors don't work here precisely because intellectual work is its own thing.