[ExI] intellectual property again

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

2010/3/4 Jeffery P. Davis <heavensblade23 at gmail.com>:
>
>> That you enter into a contract with terms and conditions upon the purchase
>> of an item plays a fundamental role in IP. Its why they have the messages at
>> the beginning of movies, on CD cases, in user agreements for all sorts of
>> things, etc. "You were duly informed."
>
>
> There's a warning on hairdryers too, it says 'Do not use in bathtub.'
>
> If I want to take something I've bought and make a copy of it, or tear it
> apart to see how it works, there's not a lot that can be done to stop me.  I
> don't see where morality enters the picture unless I'm depriving someone of
> income.

### Not everything is reducible to financial loss. "Pacta servanda
sunt" means much more than "Thou shalt not steal".

Rafal