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It isn't clear which bundle of property rights constitute ownership. For instance there are many many restrictions on distributing and selling things that we ar
by delichon 3y ago
It isn't clear which bundle of property rights constitute ownership. For instance there are many many restrictions on distributing and selling things that we are said to own. Some say that means we don't own those things, but I think it's more clear to say that ownership is ambiguous and contingent.
- _aavaa_ 3y agoYes there are restrictions (e.g. ITAR restrictions on certain goods, or on selling raw milk products) on selling certain goods (or how they must be sold) but that's a very different situation than the one we find ourselves in with how copyright is treated for digital goods. But treating copyright as ownership leads to restrictions not just on distribution and selling, but also on their use. There isn't a Banana Millennium Copyright Act that makes it illegal for me to remove the Dole sticker from one I purchased, but the DMCA exists.