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In reply to the discussion: The Ownership Society in the Digital Age. [View all]limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)26. Shows the concept of property is amorphous, and evolves over time...
And the way our definition of property changes over time will benefit one part of society at the expense of another part.
So the question arises: who decides? For example, who decides the property line between industry and consumer with regard to a consumer product?
Whoever has more power decides.
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K&R! We don't even have representative government anymore. We cannot compete with the wash
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#9
Much fuming against copyright written by people who never create desirable music or art or fiction.
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2012
#13
I agree with you that you should be able to resell or give away your copy. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2012
#32
kr. back in the 90s i read some business exec type laying out exactly this as a business plan.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#14
i meant renting everything & owning nothing outright. sorry you couldn't grasp that.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#18
Home ownership & car ownership have bit something of an illusion for quite a while.
limpyhobbler
Dec 2012
#20