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Old 05-19-2012, 07:11 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
But you don't "own outright" even a paper book. You own the paper, the ink, and the glue that comprises the book, but you have no rights to reproduce the story contained in the book. The same is true for an eBook, the only difference being that there's no physical object involved.
You don't seem to be able to grasp the fact that there is a distinction between ownership of property and being granted a production monopoly by the state.

Or that one can have either without the other.

I do not have to be granted the right to manufactor and sell televisions to own one.
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