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superuser2 on March 22, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Paul Graham has lost the plot

>They have no right to demand to be paid just because something takes skill.

But they do have a right to demand to be paid when someone chooses to experience the result of their skill.

gnaritas on March 22, 2012 [–]

Not necessarily. They can of course charge before demonstrating said skill, but if someone else happens to be witness, or copy the output in some way, it doesn't mean he controls all future uses of the result of said skill.

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