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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Forever is no more extreme in regards to intellectual property than it is with tangible property. If an author's rights expire 75 years after death, then shouldn't a landowner's rights also expire 75 years after death?
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Are you talking about "the rule against perpetuities?"
I am the owner of real estate. I will it absolutely to my child. Child become owner outright. Child wills outright to child, etc. Each is owner. One decides to sell to outsider - fine. Now the rule - I will it to child with strings that it must be passed on and on and on and cannot be sold outside of family - no good - violates rule.