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In article <9nQpxDAYqKE2EwlY@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
           jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk "Jason Clifford" writes:
> And what gives 'society' the right to restrict my ownership of a product
> that *I* and *I alone* have developed?

Because 'society' has the most guns. 

Seriously, in a democratic society, the will of the majority determines
peoples ownership of everything. You have no right to own *anything*,
except those rights society grants you.

If you have a problem with that, consider that the alternatives
are generally much worse.

> 70 years may be relevant where
> you are bu I am in the UK and I hold copyright on my works for the whole
> of my life and then my estate gets a further 50 years. My company,
> however, can own the copyright for as long as it exists

Not for more than 70 years.

> which is entirely right.

Define "right", in a sense other than "I personally approve of this
way of doing things".


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