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Isolated? Sure. This is the same as saying no one can own a Disney character because anyone can draw it at home. Or no one owns songs because you can freely tr
by remram 5y ago
Isolated? Sure.
This is the same as saying no one can own a Disney character because anyone can draw it at home. Or no one owns songs because you can freely transmit them between devices you own.
People still own those things in most jurisdictions around the world.
- netr0ute 5y agoThe thing with Disney is that those characters were created by someone in a creative pursuit. IP addresses, on the other hand, are simply pointers to some location, and so it's an unknown if they can be covered under IP law. Digital copies of media only count as property because of that IP law, or they would be worthless because they can be copied infinitely.