Yes I agree AFG, up to a point, but I tend to be in the pragmatic, or realists camp when it comes to this issue.

Going on that principle, whoever first came up with the recipe for scones, should also get a fee from anyone in the world who follows that recipe for making them.

And a personal recipe is a creation of one person, much the same as software, or a sample is.

I could go on with many more examples, silly? ABSOLUTELY!!! yes I know, but that is the underlying principle of the argument.

Further, again following the principle espoused by a few here, anything, anywhere, created by a human should be protected, and the creator and their descendants receive ongoing royalty payments.

That is why I call this a ridiculous argument. But people only want to see their own self-righteous views.

I can TOTALLY understand, again up to a point, where TTG, and Diki and others are coming from with their arguments on this.
And they do argue their views with passion, but its a totally impractical position to take in my view, for reasons I have already mentioned in other posts.

But hey, if it makes them feel better about themselves to think they believe (and PRACTICE!! this philosophy) in this, who am I to say different

Dennis