On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, District Webmaster wrote: > His question was: what difference is there between a creator's right to > chis own work, and other property rights? The implied question, of > course, is what difference is there between a book I write and sell, and > a doll house I make for my daughter? If someone has the right to take > control of my creative work from me, should they then be able to take my > daughter's doll house?
There is an invariant fundamental difference. Physical property is unique. A book as a sequence of words is not. The difference is your dollhouse is unique: it can't be copied. Your book is copyable, hence copyright. Your book as a physical item is unique, perhaps the front cover displays a personal epigram from the author. Your book as a book is copyable in its entirety. Books are defined to be copyable. Justin ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
