On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 16:52 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > [... "monopoly" ...] > > William M. Landes and Richard Posner: > > ----- > A property right is a legally enforceable power to exclude others > from using a resource, without need to contract with them. So if A > owns a pasture, he can forbid others to graze their cattle on it
Yes, we all know that. But contrary to grass & cows, people can copy digital content ad aeternum without loss of the source. This fundamental difference establishes quite good boundaries. Like why copyright isn't property. In property, if I equally share a land with you, each of us has half a land. In idea expressions, if I share an idea with you, each of us has an idea. Its like the christian miracle of bread & fish. Rui
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