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Originally Posted by kennyc
We'll first off there is no such thing as a God Given right. Nor a God for that matter in my eyes ...
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I used it as a figure of speech only. Your beliefs are entirely your own, substitute with "natural right" if that makes it easier. Let's keep religion out of this if at allpossible.
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... 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.
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That might be true for tangible objects (and not even there without exceptions): the clay pot you make with your own hands is yours, fine. But the poem you write? The story you tell, the song you sing? What's to keep me from copying, retelling, performing? "Natural right" certainly doesn't apply here, it's in fact a rather sophisticated concept to give you exclusive rights in your creation (if only for a while).
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Laws (copyright, intellectual property, trade secret, etc) have been put in place to protect those natural rights.
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Don't let a legal philosopher catch you saying that. Either way, this is not the right venue to discuss this in any more detail.
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Without them nothing would be created or shared with others except by the creator intentionally giving it away or having it stolen.
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Because when it comes down to it mankind really wasn't very creative until they finally invented copyright, were they?
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Intellectual property laws are actually less artificial then physical property laws such as real estate or water rights.
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That is a very interesting (for want of a better word) position to take.
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I'm debating whether to start a topic comparing and contrasting Water Rights with copyrights. There are some interesting similarities.
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There are some startling differences, too. "Scarcity" being the chief one I should think.