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Originally Posted by Alan
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Originally Posted by msundman
So, if the government has not decided on my behalf that I'm better off without my natural right to copy then I, as the holder of that right, will not give away that right regarding the books I've bought.
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You have no such right if the author who sold you that book, did not give it to you. In real life the author will have explicitly forbidden you to make copies of that book. |
Why wouldn't I have the natural right to copy a book if the government hasn't taken that right from me (without my consent)? Or are you finally admitting that the government indeed has decided for the people that the people are better off without their natural rights to copy things (by which I mean that the government has taken that right away from the people, not that it has made it illegal to copy per se)?