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   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   Jim Gysin wrote:   
   >   
   > trag sent the following on 10/28/2009 12:14 PM:   
   >> For those who feel emotionally that using creative works is stealing,   
   >> keep in mind that a property interest in controlling the copying only   
   >> exists because of government fiat.   There is not "natural" property   
   >> right in creative works, except in the intantiated examples you happen   
   >> to possess.   
   >   
   > This is true of any law designed to encourage people to play nicely with   
   > one another when they might not otherwise do so.  You could just as   
   > easily say that the "right" to not be murdered only exists by government   
   > fiat.  You would be right, of course, but I don't see how it advances   
   > the discussion at all.   
      
   There is a "natural" right to be free of violence.   
      
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