bum
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Message #173581 posted by bum (Info) March 24, 2008 16:50:55 ET
In Reply to: Re: intellectual property-- do i own it this mp3? posted by forged registration (Info) March 24, 2008 15:15:48 ET
a-ha!
"you can't sell copies of it for profit"
so the difference is, with physical things like a CD or book, there is only one copy. so you can sell it for a profit, but only that item because there is only one. so in a sense you own the license to it, then you sell the license.way
but with data, you retain it even if you're giving a copy away...
the photocopy in a library metaphor almost works.. that would be more like being only able to share parts of the song, pieces.
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