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I do not and never will recognise "Intellectual Property". The term "intellectual property" is a political coined term with the thought behind it that if it is being used by everybody and everywhere, people will start to link the two words together as being a truth. No mater how hard one tries, it is not true. Nobody can own an idea, a thought, a vision, ... The fact of being the first to express such intangible things does not make one the owner.
I do not give away the right to others to disallow me to have the same intangible brain processes as any other person. This is inherent in being human.
The only right a person has as such is not to express their ideas, words, ...
Every derived logic from this perceived ownership is thus void. Especially the right to financial compensation (as one of the many derivatives).
This misconception is a relative new thing: books, music, paintings have been copied (which leaves the original still to its owner) throughout the centuries but still painters, writers, musicians have been thriving (and they are even perceived as being creators of superior art), think of Breughel, Mozart, Homer and all alike.
On a personal note: this does not mean I do not give tokens of recognition (i.e. money), it only means that either I buy physical things (CD, book, painting) or I buy (pay for) the ease of usage (ebooks, mp3, JPG), but as I pay for ease of usage, the worth of it in my value system has usually a maximum of 2,- EUR.
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