| > If I really want or need to acquire your doodad then I am a potential customer But are you a promised customer, one that I own as some sort of cow to be milked when I see fit? Certainly if I repair cars, you don't claim that I get to do all your car work and be paid for it, nor could I sue if you did it yourself. But this is what you're claiming with entertainment... Think about it. I might make the claim that if you know about how to fix an engine, it was only because I discovered those ideas first. Therefor, even if you fix the engine (or arrange little magnetic islands on a hard drive in a particular sequence), you're still stealing from me. If you fix the engine the same way I'd fix it, you're just copying my motions and actions. These are highly comparable, but most people now balk at the idea (even though such absurd restrictions have existed in various times and places throughout history). Copyright isn't some fundamental human right (time for the weenies to point out that the UN thinks it is). Its formulation was originally a practical matter, so now that it's become impractical it should be abolished or once more limited to reasonable terms. |
Of course not. See option 3. Again, which option would you prefer I take if you are the business owner? Which would you prefer that I didn't take?