Thoughts on Intellectual Property, and a great damned word...

The problem with "Intellectual Property" as I see it is that everyone is so damned grabasstic. Creators wander about like bewildered teenage boys looking to get a piece of the action. They know there are things they can do to have tighter control over their masterworks. With this knowledge firmly lodged in their craniums they pursue control furiously without knowing why or even what to do with it.

Is more control better? I don't know, but I bet the people that are fighting harder for more don't either. Maybe we should start there...

I'm for giving copyright reform/alternatives a chance to see if they can be effective. Unfortunately, the copyleft movements have gone just mainstream enough to start attracting grabasstic types. People should not copyleft because they were told to any more than they should seek stricter laws.

In the end I truly believe that the creator should have some control over their creation, I just wish that this could be accompanied by critical analysis of the implications of the choice.