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If you buy a M8 Bolt or a pair of plain black socks, you are free to do whatever you want with it, sell photos of it, make copies etc. The same can’t exactly be
by filleokus 4y ago
If you buy a M8 Bolt or a pair of plain black socks, you are free to do whatever you want with it, sell photos of it, make copies etc. The same can’t exactly be said about the book you purchased (in most legislations where the concept of intellectual property exist).
Does that mean that you don’t own the book?
Ownership is not so clear cut.
- corobo 4y agoYou own that copy of the book, you do not own the copyright (the right to copy) for the book
- milkey_mouse 4y agoIntellectual property makes sense to us because it's existed for our whole lives. I think it would surprise someone who'd never heard of it. If I were told I own a pogo stick but not its "bounceright", I'd be as confused as this hypothetical person.
- corobo 4y agoWell yeah, cause that would be kinda silly haha. I think a comparable thing would be if there was a concept of readright for books (I guess there is, piracy exists, but it's more focused on the copying side of things than unauthorised reading) You still get value from reading the book. You get no value from a pogo-free pogo stick