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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's just as "basic" a right as the concept of property ownership is. Both are "artificial" and "granted by the state". What is it but the law which says that you have any more right to a particular book, or car, or house, than anybody else does?
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actually i don't think that's quite accurate. as tompe said, copyright is a
limited-time monopoly granted to the creator, and at the end of it (in theory, anyway, barring micky mouse lobbying...) the creative work reverts to the public domain, which is its original and final intended status ; whereas property ownership is eternal (unless you sell your property) and you can do with your own property whatever you like (sell it, chop it up, paint it, give it away, transform it to your liking...). it's really not the same concept at all.