[Gllug] Uh oh, ministers consider "anti file-sharing laws"

[Nix]

On 26 Oct 2007, Chris Bell told this:

> On Fri 26 Oct, Nix wrote:
>
>> 
>> The very concept of ownership is a human social construct with no
>> foundation in the reality of physics. These little magic tags that say
>> `I own that, you own this' don't actually exist outside human minds and
>> human constructs.
>> 
>    There are plenty of other animals that would argue against that, even if
> they are unable to speak any human language.

Well, yes, OK, some other animals have analogous constructs. I don't think
their concepts of property are recognized under the law, though.

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