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Re:Roald Dahl: Original books to be kept in print following ... by Zetice on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:53PM (#34928335)
So let me get this straight; the concept of transferral of ownership is, according to you, purely a legal concept. Absent laws, it would be perfectly acceptable for me to take your things if someone else made them for you? And it would be morally wrong to make changes to something once I own it, if I wasn't the originator of the thing?
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Re:Roald Dahl: Original books to be kept in print following ... by ars on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:09PM (#34930180)
> Absent laws, it would be perfectly acceptable for me to take your things if someone else made them for you?

Regarding intellectual property? Yes, that would be perfectly fine. That's an entirely law based creation, not a moral one.

> And it would be morally wrong to make changes to something once I own it, if I wasn't the originator of the thing?

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors%27_rights

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