That would be credit, negotiability, etc. Not a right in information.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 7:29 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
