Alexander Terekhov wrote: > Hey Hyman, if I recall correctly, you're paying a royalty > to a landlord in New York for renting an apartment. > Why is that?
I own a co-op, actually. But the answer to your implied question is that physical property, because of its nature, falls very naturally into a state of being controlled by a single person. It's so natural that I wouldn't be surprised if understanding of property is part of evolution. The artificial monopolies created by patents and copyrights are much less natural, and the effort to treat them as if they are physical property leads to restrictions of freedom on everyone. By and by, as long as we're asking questions, what's the difference between a Broadway star and an author of a book? _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
