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Originally Posted by llreader
Taken to a logical extent, there are serious issues with that. If you plant a seed on public land, for example, and it grows into a tree, is that tree yours, did you create it? What if you send me a file, and I print it out, is the resulting book mine, or yours? You created the file, I created the print-out.
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I agree with this.
But the real problem is with the phrase "inherently mine" and "of course". I do not see how people knowing about different philosophical opinions about this issue can use phrases as "of course" and pretend that other opinions do not exist. Personally I think that right based ethical systems are absurd and do not accept that something can be "inherently mine". But that is just a personal opinion.