[mythtv-users] A new theme on the way...

Roy Lofthouse lofty69 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 22 19:58:43 UTC 2009


2009/10/22 Robert McNamara <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Christopher Meredith
> <chmeredith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>> None of my interaction here is meant to be personal or particular to
>> you. I definitely understand though if you take it personally. I just
>> hope you don't equate my disagreement with you for disrespect of you.
>>
>> That said, your analogy breaks down at the key place. What if we had
>> the Star Trekkian "replicator" technology and I was able to replicate
>> your Stang, then put a hemi in my copy? Such an act takes nothing away
>> form the work you put in or the finished product. You still have
>> yours, I have mine, what difference does it make?
>
> The problem with this argument is, where does the artist's work end?
> If you make an exact copy, and I mean down to the atom, which is the
> artist's work?  Is the artists work only the first of a given thing,
> or is there an intangible quality that transcends the original unique
> form?  Moreover, it sidesteps the moment of agreement to the license,
> and I think is the critical stumbling block in this kind of
> discussion-- if you know in advance that the license is not one whose
> terms you can comply with, or whose terms are morally unacceptable to
> you, is it ethical to accept them and then disregard them?  You might
> feel (given the presupposed replicator technology) that my viewpoint
> is unreasonable, or just totally stupid-- but it's your choice to
> accept the caveats before accepting the work itself.  Personally, I
> think there is a quality that transcends the number of copies made.
>
> Robert
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come on guys... Robert needs to be finishing Arclight not emailing everyone ;)


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