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Originally Posted by arjaybe
Another failed attempt to conflate rights with property. The fact that the example used to illustrate it was the creation (painting, manuscript) and not the copyright shows its weakness. The right has some property-like attributes, but that is all. Trying to equate rights with property will lead to ridiculous results. My right to vote is property. My right to turn right on a red light is property, etc.
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So how many 'property' attributes must a right have before it does become property? IMO it only requires 1-the attribute of transferability. If you can transfer your right to somebody else then it's property. But that's JMHO. (Or maybe that should be JMO-it's not often that I'm truly humble.)