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In ethical and religious sense, can any thing be called intellectual property?


arn't intelluctual properties supposed to be common among humanity? if you didn't claim that a poem is yours while it's not, if you didn't take any thing material from a person, you just make a copy and help him reach many other people, are you a theif then? what if my argument was true and become legal, wouldn't that destroy many industries, like vedio and pc games, would that be ethical, or wanted?

I mean, are illegal copies, unethical or sins? to make them or to by them? what's the logical or theological argument to support your opinion?

If NOBODY makes any claims, then it is valid that nothing is intellectual property. But, if claims are made then we should be honest about origins. And, of course industries are not religious, they're capitalistic.

Within the capitalistic framework it is unethical (not a mater of morality). The morality comes with the intent. Because laws of property are relative and not absolute, we have to look beyond the surface when it comes to morality and see what the intent behind the action is.

In an ethical sense, and in a legal sense, intellectual property belongs to the person who created the work, or the company for which the work was created as a work for hire.

How are songwriters, playwrites, software developers, supposed to make a living if people take their works for free?
If you believe it is OK to take someone elses work, send me your name and address, and the next time my car breaks down, I'll be over to take yours....for free...to use as long as I want.

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