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according to libertarian ethics, one can only have ownership over scarce goods, which is not the case with a movie for example. Property is an institution created to avoid conflicts over scarce goods, it makes no sense to have property over something that can be infinitely copied.
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boston wine 2y ago

Chewing on this…

Are we taking it as a given that property rights should only apply to something that has scarcity? I’m tempted to disagree with that premise but haven’t thought hard enough about it yet.

I can understand the nuance/conflict over “owning” something that can be replicated at-will, but I don’t think that that, in and of itself, is a sufficient case for the ethical (and effortless) replication and resale of someone else’s skilled work.

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