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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Your first sentence is clearly wrong by the very fact that copyrights and patents are treated this way, and the second sentence about libraries seems to be a non-sequitor. These works are still available in libraries regardless of copyright length.
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What I wanted to say was that copyright and patents ARE treated as a pure asset, UNLIKE the artistic rights.
As for the libraries, I believe that availability of books, very early in the life cycle of the copyrighted work, directly hurts book sales, hence the value of that asset.
One can not legally use patented technology without a compensation (or permission) of the owner. It is legal to rent a book from the library, and not pay a cent to the author.