Re: Obsolesence of Intellectual Property

From: Everitt Mickey (evmick@pnv.net)
Date: Sun Aug 06 2000 - 01:04:06 MDT


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Hughes <paul@planetp.cc>
To: extropians@extropy.org <extropians@extropy.org>
Date: Thursday, August 03, 2000 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: Obsolesence of Intellectual Property

>If a
>particular currency can be easily counterfeited, then yes it becomes
devalued.

Isn't currency also intellectual property?

Wouldn't a solution be to make the digital data (music etc) difficult to
copy?

It would seem to me that if e-cash is possible...then e-"music" would
similarly be possible using similar techniques...for similar reasons...and
with similar benifit..

EvMick
Edinberg Tx.



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