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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Well, neither of them is a natural, God-given right. Both exist, if in fact they do, because there's a law that says so. Both are usually not an absolute right, both have exceptions. The whole concept of "intellectual property" is an artificial one, and usually introduced much later into a society than the concept of tangible property as such.
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We'll first off there is no such thing as a God Given right. Nor a God for that matter in my eyes, but the fact that something is created by a person (a creator) gives them the Natural Right to do as they please with that creation. These is even MORE of a Natural Right than the right to property which is something that exists and was created externally to that person. Laws (copyright, intellectual property, trade secret, etc) have been put in place to protect those natural rights. Without them nothing would be created or shared with others except by the creator intentionally giving it away or having it stolen.
Intellectual property laws are actually less artificial then physical property laws such as real estate or water rights.
I'm debating whether to start a topic comparing and contrasting Water Rights with copyrights. There are some interesting similarities.