Re: The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet -- Wash Post

Say for example a long-time wedding photographer is frequently asked

> about planning the wedding. The photographer sets up a planning > service. Maybe the photographer will go into bridal gowns and tuxedo > rentals. Maybe even into catering and music. > Under your argument, this photographer would be limited to photography > and that's it, even though others can become photographers and other > service providers. It's not in the economic interest to deny a > provider from the market place.

No, you still insist on making irrelevant or incorrect analogies. Under my argument, if the photographer were somehow the ONLY planning service available (because for some mysterious reason only one was feasable in this imaginary world) and every wedding HAD to make use of a planning service, then he should not be allowed to prevent his clients from taking his plans to another photographer for actual implementation. He certainly would NOT be prevented from providing the implementation service in a competitive way. He could make money from the planning service, and he could also make money from taking/printing photos. But he wouldn't be able to use his sanctioned monopoly position to prevent others from also making money by taking/printing photos. Or charge license and other fees to other photographers for the use of said plans, after the plans were already paid for by the person(s) who originally contracted for the planning service.

John Meissen snipped-for-privacy@aracnet.com

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