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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 4042671" data-attributes="member: 2732">I don't own my code.  I don't get paid royalties, or own the copyright, so I don't know what you're talking about.I am not against open source, per se.  I think in the computer industry it makes sense, because computer software is very complex and you usually need people working on custom solutions, so programmers will still be needed.  I dislike the people who want to change the rules and mandate that all software must be open source, or who say all copyright must be abolished.  That is taking away the right of the individual who chooses what method they release things.  The government serves the minority as well as the majority.That's why I compared it to socialism, because you are actually taking away the freedom of the individual to choose their methodology.  It's like saying "you can no longer have a house, the government now owns everything".  Anybody who's in a creative effort will suffer and thus you'll have less creative types working.But I think people think that suddenly it will be some sort of utopia.  It's not going to be.  What you'll have in the creative world will probably be akin to some sort of socialistic system where everybody has sub-par work--you'll see more "remixing" of existing content than people creating something new.  Do you really think that eliminating the protection laws will help things.  And basically, it's a selfish attitude.  "I can have all the music, movies, and books I want for free, nobody can stop us, VIVA REVOLUTION!".  That's what some people think.  Well, yeah, but when the pool starts drying up of new content I have a feeling that will be the consequence, as the talented person who might be the next Bruce Springsteen or JRR Tolkien or Gary Gygax sticks with his 2 jobs instead of fulfilling his dream.  And we'll probably suffer for it in terms of our entertainment.  You can't have a successful movie industry without those protections, who will pay for those special effects?  Or the programmers of video games?  Economies are important, because if you ignore them, you ignore a key part of civilization.</blockquote>

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