When Mike said Apple ignored the provision, I don't think he meant Apple was somehow violating their own EULA (which as you rightly point out is nonsense).
I think the point was, if Apple had reason to put OSX on non-Apple software, that weakens any claim they might make that OSX in some way needs to be on Mac hardware.
> Why shouldn't the creator of the ... property profit from it's exploitation?
See what I did there? Read this sentence without the word 'intellectual' in it and you will see just how nonsensical you sound.
Do you pay the architect and builder of your house every time you use it? What if you rent it out or otherwise make money out of it - do you expect to pay a royalty?
Of course not, the creators of physical property profit from this clever thing called "selling" it, not from anything that subsequently happens to it. Why should "intellectual property" be any different?
"But if someone is a talented artist ... I don't want her chances for success or failure to depend on whether or not she is *also* a talented business person. That's why things like management companies, labels, etc. came into existence in the first place."
Exactly right, but have I missed something here? Did anyone say the artist has to do the business side themselves? Even if the big labels aren't interested in this, surely one can still employ an independent manager?
You've heard about free/open source software right?
Some Free Software developers do indeed give speeches and some do offer merchandise. However the majority of the money made in this segment is through selling support.
For example, although you might be able to get a bug fixed or feature added for free if you're prepared to wait for someone to get around to it, you also have the option of paying someone to do it if you need it "now". In other words you're paying for the immediacy and in the case of a new feature, for some say in how it works.
Now you can't sell support for music of course, but in terms of immediacy, how about if you sold real-time podcasts of live concerts? I can easily imagine fans who aren't able to be there in person would pay to hear the concert live, *even if* the same download is available for free a couple of hours later.
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I think the point was, if Apple had reason to put OSX on non-Apple software, that weakens any claim they might make that OSX in some way needs to be on Mac hardware.
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See what I did there? Read this sentence without the word 'intellectual' in it and you will see just how nonsensical you sound.
Do you pay the architect and builder of your house every time you use it? What if you rent it out or otherwise make money out of it - do you expect to pay a royalty?
Of course not, the creators of physical property profit from this clever thing called "selling" it, not from anything that subsequently happens to it. Why should "intellectual property" be any different?
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Exactly right, but have I missed something here? Did anyone say the artist has to do the business side themselves? Even if the big labels aren't interested in this, surely one can still employ an independent manager?
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Some Free Software developers do indeed give speeches and some do offer merchandise. However the majority of the money made in this segment is through selling support.
For example, although you might be able to get a bug fixed or feature added for free if you're prepared to wait for someone to get around to it, you also have the option of paying someone to do it if you need it "now". In other words you're paying for the immediacy and in the case of a new feature, for some say in how it works.
Now you can't sell support for music of course, but in terms of immediacy, how about if you sold real-time podcasts of live concerts? I can easily imagine fans who aren't able to be there in person would pay to hear the concert live, *even if* the same download is available for free a couple of hours later.
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