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   From: jimgysin@geemail.com   
      
   Frank Frank sent the following on 10/29/2009 10:45 AM:   
   > 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.   
      
   Tell that to the gazelles.   
      
   --   
   Jim Gysin   
   Waukesha, WI   
      
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