gary lawrence murphy garymcanadacom mike masnick writes world talking may true first sale something world creator loses control buy chair built decide give away neighbor youre definition stole dont endorse whole riaa thing accurate would duplicate chair neighbour could continue sit yes suppose would serious sit copy start churning exact dups namebrand artifact people law degrees start smell money example could copy gibson guitar exactly long dont put orvilles name headstock b license patented bracing methods instead try sell homebuilt guitar ebay gibson written crayon headstock claim true les paul limited edition expect people would get upset people dont understand giving stuff away perfectly acceptable tactic capitalist businesses play devils advocate giving stuff away granting endless cascading duplicationdistribution rights even _i_ make copy give doesnt stop making 10000 copies sell access free stuff often helps sell stuff difficult question draw distinction stuff easy duplicate free stuff ms hunting people illegal windows harder dup linux cd actually prevents people personally dont think issue anything sales units issue basic phallacy says suit able someone elses intellectual property sarah mclaughlin isnt suing labels legal dept label stands lose sarahs already fat beyond wildest dreams bucks even well dried tomorrow going really traumatize unless shes blazingly stupid money label like disney mickey need cash cow keep sorts uncreative hangerson limos coke thought elvis brian jones dennis wilson problems beautifulpeople deadbeat leech friends draining riches think problem really simple semantic make semantic flip unsolvable like trisecting angle takes looking situation different way heres revelation elvis never ever made hit record elvis didnt make hits fans made hits fans work cleaning toilets manning convenience stores driving milk trucks sitting endless office desks real labour paid every last one elvis presleys pills elvis sing microphone every often pen collect odd song people liked wanted something _elvis_ made universal statements universe fans slurped songs lives pulltechnology push therefore question becomes many times must fans pay created pay royalties listening radio blank tapes concert tickets beer bar cover band pay right make hack writers song favourite song thats whole system seriously warped record companies ad companies reframing thinking elvis makes elvis people make songs already gary lawrence murphy teledynamics communications inc business advantage community software httpwwwteledyncom computers useless give answerspablo picasso 27 aug 2002 134925 0400 gov gets tough net userser pirates