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Originally Posted by cmbs
A person can spend a lot of time, money, talent, effort to write a book or create anything - it doesn't have to be a book. Their creation belongs to them. They can sell it or give it away as they please. It's not for other people to steal it as if they have some automatic right to it. It's not that difficult of a concept for people interested in respecting the rights of others...
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Doesn't always apply.
In chess for example, a player can spend years finding a winning idea - but the instant they play it, it becomes public property.
There is also the controversial example of many protective covers for ebook devices - that leather took a long time to create; but the creator didn't even have a right to their own skin.
(Rather puts squabbles about intellectual property in the shade imho.)
The issue of who has what rights, and when, can be a tricky one.