"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
news:4a0b24a4$1@news.povray.org...
> On Wed, 13 May 2009 11:30:56 -0400, Warp wrote:
>
> >   Copyright is the property of someone, and copying something without
> >   his
> > permission is taking that property from him.
>
> "Copyright" technically isn't property, it's a set of rules concerning
> the rights of the content owners.
>
> From the Oxford English Dictionary:
>
> "The exclusive right given by law for a certain term of years to an
> author, composer, designer, etc. (or his assignee), to print, publish,
> and sell copies of his original work."
>
> IOW, it's not property, it's a right.

Why the term "intellectual property"?

Post a reply to this message