On Sun, 2007-02-25 at 01:59 +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote:
>>>>> "AK" == Avi Kivity
<avi(a)argo.co.il> writes:
AK> Physical ownership is as much a fiction as information ownership.
AK> There's no physical law that says that just because you gave a
AK> shopkeeper some green pieces of paper, I can't take your new iPod
AK> when you aren't looking [1]. It's just a convention that allows
AK> society to work.
One important difference is that if I steal your bicycle, you will
notice. If I give a copy of your program to a friend, you will not
notice.
What if you got 10.000 bicycle and you did not notice of a theft
accident since you counted it wrong or don't have a good stock
management? Does it void your bicycle ownership and excuse the thief?
Not that I'm trying to support IP, just trying to express that your
analogy sounds wrong.
/Benny