Hyman Rosen wrote: > > 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?
http://lysanderspooner.org/intellect/contents.htm regards, alexander. -- "Copyright license -> Copyright law Contract -> Contract law DUH!" -- mini-RMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
