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Originally Posted by leebase
Not just me saying so: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....ract_id=491466
And the government can do things regular folks can't. The government via imminent domain can take my property and give me whatever the GOVERNMENT thinks it's worth (not the market, not me, the government).
Other than that, nobody can take my copyright away. If they copy my works without my authorization, they have infringed my copyright.
If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it's a duck.
Copyright explicitly belongs to the holder. It can be sold. It can be inherited. It is not a physical thing and so there are different labels for it's treatment, but they all amount to "property".
If you want to say "I didn't steal your property" and instead think "I infringed on your copyright" -- more power to you. Theft is theft no matter the label |
You confuse lawyers throwing out novel legal solutions with actual court cases. Lawyers twist the law to get the results they want. It only matters if they can convince a judge and jury to agree with them. Many IP lawyers and corporations insist that copyright and patents is property. It doesn't make it so.