Re: Copyright & The New World Economic Order

On 04 Aug 1999, John Lederer <johnl[_at_]ibm.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Albert Henderson <noblestation[_at_]compuserve.com> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe moral superiority, but not blind glee. I am troubled that
> > people believe it is OK to steal and openly sell obviously stolen
> > property in a public place.
>
> Just a minor correction. Whatever it is, it emphatically is not stolen
> property. Perhaps it would best be described as illegal violation of a
> state mandated monopoly.
>
> After all it is not property, and it was not taken since the owner still
> has it, and the owner never had title to the intangible thing, only a
> monopoly right in the making of copies.

Property is a collection of exclusive rights, many of which may be intangible. I used the term 'stolen' in its plain English meaning. You are welcome to substitute counterfeit, bogus, or pirated.

Albert Henderson
Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY
<70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Thu Aug 05 1999 - 22:43:33 GMT