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Organs

• Retric 2y ago
  There’s a market for cadavers. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-brokers/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodi...
  • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    And it's tightly regulated.
    • Retric 2y ago
      So are cars, it’s still a sale and actual ownership.
      • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
        > it’s still a sale and actual ownership What makes it actual versus pretend ownership? Remember, ownership is a social construct.
        • EMIRELADERO 2y ago
          > Remember, ownership is a social construct. But the argument about you not really "owning" stuff even when the button says "buy" is a legal one.
          • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
            > the argument about you not really "owning" stuff even when the button says "buy" is a legal one Ownership is a stack of rights. It's a social construct--you can't lab test for ownership. It's meaningless to say what "really" owning means without specifying which of those rights you view to be essential in this situation.
        • Retric 2y ago
          Finality. Does the seller or creator having a say in what you do with something after the transaction? If so it’s not a sale. If the dealership can still repossess the car you haven’t bought it yet. New house requires being an HOA member? Not a sale.
          • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
            > Finality No real estate is bought and owned without restrictions. And between taxes and bans, one’s relationship with other owned property is similarly revocable. > the dealership can still repossess the car you haven’t bought it yet If you bought your car with financing, it cannot be stolen? > New house requires being an HOA member? Not a sale So if your house has an HOA it cannot be stolen?
            • Retric 2y ago
              > owned without restrictions Society has a say in what you can do with a gun you just bought, the manufacturer and gun shop doesn’t. Thus restrictions by the seller is what matters here. > if you bought your car with financing, it can’t be stolen? It can be stolen from the bank. Walk away from a loan and you are not out the full value of the item as the bank can only repossess the car from whoever stole it.
      • bdangubic 2y ago
        in some states (e.g. Virginia) you don’t get to own a car. you have to pay for the right to own a car each year in October via 4+% tax on your car’s current value. ‘merica at its finest :)
• thayne 2y ago
  Ok, so there is one similarity there. If you pay for an organ transplant you can't sell that organ again, because it is illegal to sell your own organs. Although you might be able to donate it on your death depending on the circumstances. But the reasons for prohibiting resell are very different. For organs, selling organs is prohibited in order to protect individuals from being pressured or otherwise exploited into selling their organs. But for media, publishing and distribution companies are using technical measures and what is, IMO, an abuse of copyright law to maximize profits.