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What matters is the fundamental question if one can proclaim things like music, literature and images as his property.

I believe the founders of the USA had this argument exactly, and this is what they came up with:

The Congress shall have power [...] to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.

Sigh I wish more people read it: http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.article...

In response to your question: no.



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