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It was just an example. Without copyright, ebooks would pretty immediately be free, so why "buy" any book? And what do you mean by "retained property rights" o
by delecti 2y ago
It was just an example. Without copyright, ebooks would pretty immediately be free, so why "buy" any book?
And what do you mean by "retained property rights" over the contents of a book, such that it isn't just renaming copyright?
- jjk166 2y agoRetained property rights are property rights which continue to exist for an extended period after some initial transaction. So copyright lets creators control their work long after it is initially published. Similarly patents let inventors retain control over their inventions, leases allow landlords to retain control over real estate, etc. But you could easily have a book commissioned where an author gets a lump sum on publication and then has no control of the work afterwards, the same way you can buy a house instead of renting it. Most things you buy do not have retained property rights, and indeed that's typically what buying something implicitly refers to.