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> The confusion will go away as the population ages. Only if we let the erosion of property rights continue. It will be easier to convince people to accept the

• criddell 10y ago
  The erosion has been slight. When you bought a record 50 years ago, you were still not "buying" the music. The resell right (for example) was tied to the physicality of it. You couldn't repackage the recorded music and sell it.
  • pdkl95 10y ago
    "repackage the recording"? wtf? Nobody said anything about format shifting. The doctrine of First sale says you can always resell your copy, physical or otherwise. 50 years ago your were "buying" a copy when you bought e.g. a vinyl record. (Sometimes people attempt to confuse the situation by conflating the purchase of a copy of a creative work (one instance) with the rights regarding new copies that copyright grants to the creator.) Regardless, I said property rights, not the temporary monopoly granted by copyright. I'm not talking about minor things covered by copyright. John Deere is the current example of eroded property rights, where thy retain de facto ownership through the copyright of the firmware.