There is a flaw in the logic of this.
Giving someone a light is a service. Unless you actually invented/
created fire and or the match. Creating music is not a service.
People who create art, music, whatever should have the right to do
what they want with it; some choose to mortgage their house (ie big
advances, major labels); others choose to share it with their friends;
others choose to share it with friends who will agree to split whatever
profit they both make; and others (like myself) choose to keep their
creations private and not get entangled with lighting anyone's fire
(or cigarette)
http://www.thetruth.com
quoted 20 lines I was in the pub last night, and a guy asked me for a light for his
>I was in the pub last night, and a guy asked me for a light for his
>cigarette. I suddenly realised that there was a demand here and money to be
>made, and so I agreed to light his cigarette for 10 pence, but I didn't
>actually give him a light, I sold him a license to burn his cigarette. My
>fire-license restricted him from giving the light to anybody else, after
>all, that fire was my property. He was drunk, and dismissing me as a loony,
>but accepted my fire (and by implication the licence which governed its
>use) anyway. Of course in a matter of minutes I noticed a friend of his
>asking him for a light and to my outrage he gave his cigarette to his
>friend and pirated my fire! I was furious, I started to make my way over to
>that side of the bar but to my added horror his friend then started to
>light other people's cigarettes left, right, and centre! Before long that
>whole side of the bar was enjoying MY fire without paying me anything.
>Enraged I went from person to person grabbing their cigarettes from their
>hands, throwing them to the ground, and stamping on them.
>
>Strangely the door staff exhibited no respect for my property rights as
>they threw me out the door.
>
>--Ian Clarke
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