On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Seth Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think you'll find very much in the way of common law rights to > information as such. It kinda has to be a statute to start with -- > and statutes giving property in information aren't really something > that happens much, except in the areas you mention -- which were > accorded to Congress to grant.
Hi Seth, Common Law Intangible Property is so firmly embedded in your everyday activities, you probably don't even know its there. Take a bank check, for example. You hold a bank check written out to you for $100. What do you own? Do you own a slip of paper? No, that's silly. You own a promise of payment in the amount of $100, as documented by the bank check. That promise is a form of property called "documentary intangible property." You won't find a statute defining a bank check. That's because it derives from common-law precedent, not from any statute that was ever written. Anyway, look it up. Common Law. Documentary Intangible Property. We live our lives atop a huge base of law which never came from any legislature and most of us don't even realize it. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
