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Originally Posted by rlauzon
You've fallen for the "Intellectual property" propaganda.
"Intellectual property" isn't, never has been, never will be, property.
Period.
"Intellectual property" does not exist. It's simply a term created by those who would like ideas to be able to be owned and want people to start believing that ideas can be owned.
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Only physical works are property? Things that exist as concepts don't have a value and can't be owned?
Oh, dear.
Copyrights are like patents. They grow out of a recognition that creativity and innovation are necessary, and attempt to encourage that by providing the creators and innovators with an exclusive right to the proceeds of their work for a set duration. They explicitly recognize that ideas are property with a value.
How great the value is is another matter: ultimately, something is worth what someone else is willing to pay for it, and having an exclusive right to something is no guarantee you'll be able to sell it.
But ultimately, people work for their own benefit, and lots of law revolves around ensuring that people
do benefit from their work.
Should you come up with an idea that might have value and turned into something that can make money, you might have a different attitude on the matter.
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A copyright is a government granted right given to the author. The heirs have no legitimate claim to a work created by an ancestor.
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And the government granted right has a value, and is explicitly property. Property can be passed along to heirs, if the grant of rights extends beyond the rights holders death.
Let's take this on a personal level: how does copyright extending beyond the author's death negatively affect
you? How would your life be improved if it wasn't the case?
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Dennis