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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
You're looking at it wrong. A book generates income 70 years down the road. A house also generates income 70 years down the road.
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A house only generates revenue because of the scarcity of land. That is why you can't built an infinite number of houses--resources and land isn't infinite. But if these things were infinite, no one(except sociopaths) would consider it moral to artificially restrict the construction of homes just so rent-seekers could maintain their profits. When it comes to digital media, there is no scarcity, except of labor, but rewarding that labor beyond the life of the person does not in any way make that labor more productive or beneficial for society.
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Property is property is property.
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Fine, just don't expect others to sacrifice their property to protect yours. If property is an absolute individual institution, then it is up to the individual to protect it himself. If it is a social insitution, entitled to social protections, then society can determine the scope and limits of that institution.