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[Page] 259 [Quote from Patry’s book] As then-President Lula da Silva observed, “For the right to use one copy of Office plus Windows for one year or a year and a half, until the next upgrade, we have to till the earth, plant, harvest, and export to international markets that much soy. When I explain this to the fanners, they go nuts.” [My Comments] 
And that is the core distinction between IP-heavy industries of the developed countries and labour-intensive industries of the developing countries. Added value is not created by hard work alone. Unlike what Karl Marx would have you believe, there is no inherent value of labour. It only costs as much as someone is voluntarily willing to pay for it. If you are a hard worker and no one is willing to pay you, the value of your labour is zero. Many hardworking people would go nuts if they attempted to calculate the amount of hours it would take them to make enough money to buy a fancy clarinet, a luxury car or a mansion. This does not mean that someone’s inability to afford these things, which may be highly desired but not essential, should entitle the “less privileged” to just take what they want. And there is no difference if we are talking about tangible or intangible property.
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