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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
And the fundamental rights to "your" property end when you sell it. Then the only "rights" you may have thereafter are those granted by a law for a limited time, with other limitation built-in as part of that limited grant. And this grant was not created for your benefit, but for the long-term benefit of the society granting it. Your "moral" rights, as you phrase them end when you sell the property. Then they become the rights of the purchaser. Why? Because these are the fundamental rules of property since time immemorial.
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Again Ralph, I agree completely, but as I said above what is confusing people is that instantiation of the IP that I sell. Because I sell you a single instantiation of my IP does not mean you get right to the IP itself. You only get right to that single physical instantiation. You can do whatever you want with the file, read it, back it up if you want, loan it to a friend, even sell it, but you can't ethically loan it and keep your own copy or sell it an keep your own copy -- those activities are not part of what you purchase when you purchase your copy of the IP from me.
This is the fundamental difference/misunderstanding that is causing all the contention.
If I had a Star Trek Replicator and I went out and bought a Zhu Zhu Hamster and started duplicating and selling them or giving them away, then you would say this is fine?