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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
It has to do with what you create and/or own. Property is a core belief value and I make no distinction between owning a house you built or a book you wrote. Both are the fruits of your labor and for society to declare that you can pass down your house in perpetuity, but not your book, is flat out wrong.
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Sorry, I added to my above post while you were posting this.
Anyway, I understand your position now, but I still think it's too simplistic to try and claim that ideas and expressions are the same as physical goods; these things are apples to oranges.
If you're so concerned about others pawing over your ideas and expressions with their grubby hands, then hoard them up, tell no one about them. Then you can write them down in a secret book that your family will pass down for generations, just like your house. If, on the other hand, you want people to to know about your ideas and expressions, by giving them out widely, then you'll be granted a temporary monopoly for your trouble. The choice is yours, but you can't have your cake and eat it too.