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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
The "let's toss the baby out with the bathwater" argument 
Society doesn't make that same contract with physical property. Society protects your right to ownership without demanding that you relinquish control of it after a set amount of time. So why should intellectual property be any different? |
And I've explained why physical property is different. Calling something property doesn't make it actual property any more than calling a steer a bull means he can sire calves. Copyright isn't property, it's a government granted monopoly. In theory at least, governments pass laws that benefit society as a whole. In the US, copyright is enshrined in the Constitution. However, it's enshrined as a limited time monopoly not as property.