[Upd-discuss] Did You Say "Intellectual Property"? It's,a Seductive Mirage by Richard M. Stallman

[Lars Aronsson]

Michael Hart wrote:
> Different countries have different legal considerations as to how
> "effort" or "sweat of the brow" counts towards things, especially
> as it counts towards copyrights.

Yes, copyright requires that a "work" initially required some level of
"work".  But the term "property" doesn't imply any effort, does it?  
You could inherit a farm and you could "own" the copyright of a novel
that your late grandmother wrote.  Once it's there, it's yours without
effort.  Then again, copyrights are not subject to property tax (at
least not where I live).


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  Lars Aronsson (lars@aronsson.se)
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