How would that even work? Isn't single-Angatroem count basically the size of an atomic layer? What's there even left to make a circuit from?...

So how will they know it's "you" when you try to download it again 10 or 15 uears later?

Uhm... how exactly is a "one time download code" different from a "one time download", in terms of practical consequences for the user?

Well, technically, copying it's not "piracy" to begin with.

Piracy is when you board a vessel in international waters without authorization.

I'm not your parent posterz but technically he didn't say "take an object", he said "deprive of use". That could've been applied to a service all along.

The laws aren't suitable to model this problem then. It's more complicated than that because the mere copy doesn't suffice for being able to actually use the product.

The customer (rightfully IMO) claims to be within their right to expect to use the product without artificial after the fact restrictions, omce they click "Buy".

Then there's also the issue of falsely advertising a product.

Hence: a court will have to decide.

It's really abojt the expectation. Onfe you "buy" something you expect your relation to it to resemble ownership. And crippling a product.doesn't fulfill thay expectation.

The whole concept of intellectual property was bollocks to begin wth, and there are those of us who pointed this out decades ago. "Ownership" at its core is based on th concept of scarcity - the fact that if I "own" a loaf of bread (which cannot be easily replicated), you cannot own to same loaf; I'm effectively excluding you and everyone else from its use.

This never was true with information. But we've gone ahead and pulled constructs out of our asses to justify analogous lines of thinking.

Now the whole system is falling apart. Like.with every illusion it's actually been falling appart for decades, now it just does so in increasingly obvious ways.

Yes, but once you sell copies with atringa attached, you cannot change the strings after the fact.

Once you give out a license with a Windows CD that allows the user to run it, you cannot change yohr mind and say "wait, you can't run it anymore, I changed my mind, but I WILL keep your money" -- which is what Sony does.

Licensed for how long? And how do you obtain a copy of the software to exercise your licensed rights?

Because ot's a localized, simplistic view you have.

It's not the government's job to not "leave money on the table" per se. Its job is to ensure prosperity to its citizens - ALL of its citizens. Not leaving money on the table is only part of the game insofar as ot helps advance the primary goal.

Right now, competing for money isn't where it's at; ensuring a uniform distribution of wealth is. And for that, Samder's plan sounds like a better approach than yours.

It did.

Whose money did you think those bailouts, handouts, stimuli etc were?

It's not "work" if you're not forced to do it to sustain living. It's "hobby".

I don't "work" on my bicycle or on my email server setup or on my model trains. But I do "work" on my employer's email setup, or on my employer's aoftware product or on producing scientific papers, or as a toy store employee.

Not sure about cooking dinner. That's a tough one.

And why do you think is it that your government isn't protecting you?

Specifically, who is it you think they're selling you out to?

If you think a private industry consortium will.have more your interests at heart than your own democratically elected government... boy, do I have a bridge to sell you.

Also, if you're realy that gullible and still somehow old enough to have learned how to read, you deserve whatever comes your way from a dysfunctional government or industry.