Intellectual property is old, too: Patents are in the constitution, and were
known (I am sure) for centuries before that. Property is a "fiction," but it
has a social objectivity that makes it quite real. --jks
>
>Let me get this straight. Monsanto's private property is intellectual
>property, essentially a legal fiction on par with M.'s corporate
>personhood. The farmer's land is mere _real_ property, essentially also a
>legal fiction but having a common law history going back many, many
>centuries. So the court is saying that the copy of the copy takes
>precedence over the original copy? Jean Baudrillard take note. Court
>upholds the simulacrum of the simulacrum. Lends a new meaning to mock
>trial. See this map of the world? I drew this map and it is mine. The
>world is a copy of my map, so I own the world! Nyah, ah, ah! Ain't these
>post-modern times great?
>
>Kinda makes you want to hang around for the denouement.
>
>Tom Walker
>(604) 947-2213
>
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