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What I meant about copyright not being a right I meant there is nothing inherent in the creation process etc that grants you exclusive rights to it. There was a time, not too long ago on a historical scale (a century or two...) there was no copyright at all. Copyright only exists now because it...

This is why legislating too heavyhandedly around the whole copyright issue (which isn't a right in the first place... but let's not open that can of worms) can lead to absurd interpretations sometimes. It is a thorny issue, though. In my opinion, if you have paid for a copyrighted work in one...