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Comment Seriously... (Score 1) 885

The biggest dilemma, I think, is the question of intellectual property. If something exists which can be instantly duplicated, should it be considered stealing to duplicate something belonging to someone else without their permission? If it's possible to gain something without depriving someone else of that same thing, where does the value lie?



On a similar note is a question of rights to one's own labor. If an artist creates something which can be easily mass-produced who should profit by it, the artist or the manufacturer? What if something is created by a group of people working together? Can IP rights be transferred, much less sold?



There's a few.

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