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On Sat, 05 May 2007 12:07:48 +0100 james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 11:42 +0100, Simon Robert wrote: > > > Does this mean that e-books can never be property? Does software > > only become property if the code has been printed in a book? > > The use of the term property muddles the whole thing up. I disagree - it is "Intellectual Property" that is the non-existent concept. > If we use the > term we sign up to "Intellectual Property" By being absolutely clear on what property means, it becomes obvious that "IP" cannot exist. > and the muddle some > Americans seem to be forcing on the world for their advantage so they > can apply rules from one sector to another, hypnotising people into > agreement when they haven't examined the assumptions and core > concepts in each of the > (3) main zones. Agreed - IP is a nonsense term that has no logical basis. Always separate copyright, DMCA, patents from each other and from any concept that revolves around physical property like theft, piracy and ownership. > Books/literature/created works are covered by copyright. If a > book/printed work is stolen then yes it was property stolen and has > value as such. So if someone steals my daughter's Harry Potter books, > it is the value of the printed books I attempt to recover. I never > had any rights, nor does the thief, over the actual work itself. If > they absorb some of it into a supposedly new work, they are guilty of > plagiarism. Yes, publishing a story about Lenny Crocker going from platform 2.75 could end up with a copyright offence. Publishing Harry Potter without changes but also without permission is also a copyright offence. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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