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Old 05-30-2008, 04:58 PM   #28
tompe
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
Suppose Rowling just told the press that she'd written (and copywritten) a new Potter novel... and that she refused to release it. So: Now you know. Millions of people want the book that she won't release. Do you have the right to demand she release it? Does the government have the right to make her release it, or take it from her?

Thing is, the public simply doesn't have the right to take someone else's legally-owned property, and with very few exceptions, no right to tell them what they can or cannot do with it. Period.
Luckily information is not property so your argument are bogus.
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