Quote:
Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Will you please define property?
Yes a book is property.
Intellectual property. So art you saying that an author or their estate should give their property away because it might benefit the public? And that the estate shouldn't benefit
Well in that case, a residence could benefit the public.
Should one give their property away to benefit someone else?
Books are no different from a house.
But you do not see a house being given away because the owner died.
But you are saying that someone's hard work should be given away because they are dead.
|
We aren't talking about books, we are talking about the government granted right to copy books. Copyright, i.e. the right to make copies, i.e. a government granted monopoly.
It is a huge difference. If I want to take your physical book, then once I take it, you no longer have it. If I want to make a copy of your book, then you still have your book. I simply have a copy of it. The right to copy books, isn't a property, it's a law. It's the government saying, if you make a copy of this book, I will punish you. It's no more a property than cussing is.