Leo Fernevak @Leo Fernevak - 1y
First of all your definition is incomplete, ergo false. Intellectual property is that which you create. When you write a book, compose a song or sculpt a sculpture, that is your intellectual property. Below is a helmet I have modeled in 3D. It is my intellectual property. This doesn't prevent you from modeling your own helmet like this. In a free market, intellectual property is primarily arbited via reputation. If I steal your book and publish it under my name, the market will likely find this out and my reputation takes a hit. Instead of attacking intellectual property, adress the far-reaching regulations and extreme forms of IP laws where companies can copyright mere words.
I would say that you fundamentally don't understand what intellectual property means. The 3D model that I have modeled is the intellectual property, just as a book or a music album is intellectual property. I will explain how it works. For example, if you buy a book, it comes with a license to do what you want with that book, except for printing and selling it for profit. Same with the music album. If you buy a 3D model, you either buy it at a cheap price with a standard license, which grants you full right to 3D print it for your private use. This however is not the same as a commercial license to produce and sell a product. In regards to upholding intellectual property, that is a different matter. As a free market proponent I believe that reputation is the best arbiter in most cases. If I rip someone off, my reputation will suffer.
Imposing? A license is a voluntary agreement between a seller and buyer. The type of license determines the price. A license to commersially sell an album will be much more expensive than a license to own your own copy of that album. I am questioning individuals that don't believe in voluntarism.
Again you are avoiding the subject. A CD is intellectual property because you can produce an endless number of copies. When you buy a CD, you have not entered into a voluntary contract with the artist to sell that product commersially. You have instead bought a license to own that product for personal use. Same with buying a book. Owning a book does not give us the right to print that book and sell the copies on the market. We need to enter into a partnership with the product developer if we have commersial goals.
