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To: Joe NYC who wrote (43840)	6/11/2001 3:14:36 PM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Joe, OT: Re: Software is a private property of the owner, just like your house, your furniture, your clothes. If I create software, I own it, and only allow it to be used by people who paid for it, any other use is the same as if someone came to your house without authorization, used you clothes, used your swimming pool. Generally I agree with what you are saying but I also have some the problems with this concept. What's with the Physics theory argument Brian provided? Newton created a theory for gravitation. So, according to your logic, it belonged to him. Of course, he published it, so everyone else could understand it as well. But what if he didn't? Would the theory belong to him then? Could he "license" it to everyone that wanted to use it, e.g. for calculating planet orbits? Keep in mind that theories in Physics are as "creative" as writing new software. They are not inherent in the world, they are just ways to describe them. And I'm not sure how you would deal with intellectual concepts. Andreas

To: Joe NYC who wrote (43840)	6/11/2001 3:37:06 PM
From: bacchus_ii	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

It should be possible to expropriate (against reasonable price) any IP when public interest is at stake, the same way they can expropriate your house to run a freeway. The problem is not IP, it's the standard. When a standard as been established, no matter how or by whom, it should became candidate to expropriation in the public interest. When an IP become a standard, all information about this standard should be made available permitting competition to create innovations using this standard. Maybe many level of market share could trigger different rule, like at 33% some basic rule apply, then at 50% more important rules, then 75% full blast regulation should apply. The whole thing could be trigger only for very big market, maybe only starting when the market is for 1 billions $/year or more. Gottfried