Y’all are debating about the definition of “own” rather than the nature of the limitations placed on one. Certainly the law often places limitations of what one can do with property that one owns. You can own or rent a car. A rental agreement can limit who else can let drive a car that you have rented, if you own it you can lend it to a friend. If you own your house and HAVEN’T signed a HOA agreement, you can do MANY more things than if you rent, but you are still subject to zoning laws. But if you rent, your landlord can impose MANY MANY more limitations on what you can do with his property. And there is a real and important difference between the limitations that copyright law places upon what you can do with a CD and the limitations that can be placed when you only license content. To say that “I don’t own it” because there ARE some legal limitations is to blur that important line. And make no mistake, as stupid and onerous as copyright law can be, it is nowhere near as restrictive as licenses can be or as bad as big media WISHES and tries to make it.
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