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Originally Posted by Desertway
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Originally Posted by Logseman
1) All of this surprisingly verbose response refers, by the way, to the goods subject to the so-called "intellectual property". For goods made of physical matter, things are different, and I'm quite sure we're all in complete agreement for those.
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Physical property becomes unusable by someone else when it's stolen/used without permission.
Intellectual property doesn't stop being usable by other people when someone makes an unauthorized copy/uses it without permission (in the case of patents and trademarks).
If I take your car, you can't drive it while I've got it. If I take a picture of your car and make a copy of your custom paint job, it may affect the resale value (because yours is no longer unique), but it doesn't keep you from using or showing off your car.