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Originally Posted by kennyc
P.S. You are perfectly allowed to not believe copyright is morally wrong, I myself choose to believe otherwise.
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One clarification. I believe violating the law is wrong. However, see the distinction between the malum in se and malum prohibitum crimes above.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Of course it's MINE if it is something I created. Inherently mine. A creation just as would be a painting or statue I might create. There is no "begging of the question" at all. It is perfectly self-evident.
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First, a quick note, don't say "of course" because it is a telltale sign of begging the question.
The intangible result of your thought process would not be "yours" once you release it to the public without the copyright law granting you a limited "right" to control it after you have released it. Without the copyright law (a license granted to the author by the public), once the public has access to the result of your thought process, it is in the common domain.