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Originally Posted by nekokami
So, examining this analogy again, when an author writes a story, are they writing it on "public land" or "private land"? I am inclined to say "public land," actually. No author writes in a vacuum. We build on existing experiences, including things we've read, seen, heard, many of which were creations of someone else. Our effort creates our particular work, but we perform that work in a kind of public space. I think we acknowledge that with our concept of "public domain."
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Hmm, following this line of thought, in order to create anything 'private' you'd need to forgo public education? It seems to me that what you're proposing is anarchy-a social system in which everybody is free to impose their own rules on everybody else, to the extent they are able to, whether by physical force or mental coercion (aka persuasion).
Not my cup of tea, at all.