"The right to copy" exists only in so far as external forces limit inherent behavior. One could copy all day (as our brains do unbidden) without anyone but the copier being the wiser or needing to care.
The credit for one's labor, on the other hand, is an inherently rivalrous "good". Terms like "steal" have a place here, as it takes away from the measurable "social capital" earned by another's labor.
It's the difference between re-printing "Alice in Wonderland" and re-printing "Alice in Wonderland, Written by <Not Lewis Carroll>".
I guess if you get to define the value and credit of one's labor, you can still maintain that there is a difference where one doesn't really exist.
The credit for one's labor, on the other hand, is an inherently rivalrous "good".
But encouraging content creators with financial incentives for creating things that consumers desire is not an inherently rivalrous good?
It's the difference between re-printing "Alice in Wonderland" and reprinting "Alice in Wonderland, Written by <Not Lewis Carroll>".
So you're okay with taking all financial rewards from the creators of content, but leave them the scraps of naming credit as though your framework is logical?
Meh... if you're going to steal from people, you might as go all the way.
Stallman is a hypocrite for demanding control of anything he creates while seeking to "free" everything everyone else creates.
I guess if you get to define the value and credit of one's labor, you can still maintain that there is a difference where one doesn't really exist.
"Value" distinguishes between "Someone dug a hole where I needed it" and "Someone dug a hole and filled it back up".
"Credit" distinguishes between "I dug that hole" and "She dug that hole".
If we're having trouble distinguishing between "value" and "credit", even before addressing principles of valuation, then I can no longer concern myself with this discussion.
"The right to copy" exists only in so far as external forces limit inherent behavior. One could copy all day (as our brains do unbidden) without anyone but the copier being the wiser or needing to care.
The credit for one's labor, on the other hand, is an inherently rivalrous "good". Terms like "steal" have a place here, as it takes away from the measurable "social capital" earned by another's labor.
It's the difference between re-printing "Alice in Wonderland" and re-printing "Alice in Wonderland, Written by <Not Lewis Carroll>".