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I don't care what you worry about. What's mine is mine. You can't give it away for me and then say, "as long as they give you a few coins as a token of their appreciation."

Would you be happy if I sold your house for $10,000, so long as I give you half the proceeds? Or would you, I dunno, call the police.

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I don't think your analogy is representative of reality.

If you copy what my house looks like, no, I won't call the police.

Especially if you copy it for the purpose of empowering the police (govt) to protect my actual house.

That's a much more accurate analogy.

Mmm, yes. No architects, only police.

The architect's financial gain comes second to my safety.

Comrade, of course! That's why I recognized you immediately as a brother in communism. Hail the party, from which all good things come.

Second to safety is not the same as non existent. Nice try though.

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