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Originally Posted by CamTata
It is quite simple, if i sell you a DVD you own the physical embodiment of the DVD ? and are free to use/dispose of it any way you wish ? you do not own the intellectual property embodied within my DVD, and may not exercise dominion over that property. I own the intangible property encoded in the DVD I sold you, and I am within my rights, according to section 106 of the United Sates Copyright Code, to reproduce and distribute the work as I please due to the time, creativity and money that went into producing my work. You as the owner of a purchased DVD merely own the physical object containing my created work and have no such rights. The Constitution is controlling fact, not just the copyright laws Congress has passed under Constitutional authority.
Society believes and justly rewards an individual for the fruits of their labor.
No how about those etchings?
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exactly
but section 106 states
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Subject to sections 107 through 120 [17 USCS Sects. 107-120], the owner of copyright under this title [17 USCS Sects. 101 et seq.] has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:
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a subject to clause is legally "the conditions you agree to accept" to get all of the exclusive rights of section 106. Choose to not meet those conditions and you don't have any section 106 rights
And section 107 is fair use.