Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead
by dragonwriter on Thursday March 23, 2023 @05:12PM
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> In many ways it resembles a property right, but it is missing fundamental aspects of property rights.
No, its not.
> What copyright actually is is a limited-time monopoly right.
Limited time monopoly rights are property rights. A life tenancy in real property is a property right.
(Copyright lacks what some consider essetmbtial features of ownership of the subject matter of a property right, as opposed to ownership of a property right in that subject matter, but ownership of the subject of property rights is not the only kind of property right.)
No, its not.
> What copyright actually is is a limited-time monopoly right.
Limited time monopoly rights are property rights. A life tenancy in real property is a property right.
(Copyright lacks what some consider essetmbtial features of ownership of the subject matter of a property right, as opposed to ownership of a property right in that subject matter, but ownership of the subject of property rights is not the only kind of property right.)