Guess Epstein describes the situation quite well. Happy ending is it?
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About as well as your rape analogy, but I have a feeling that you are not able to understand what I mean.
To be anal about things you mean since missing is a dead end?!
And funny enough, intellectual property right don’t have an expiration date.
What is Intellectual Property?
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
Now, if you just scroll down a bit further you would see the different types of Ip and that most of them need active registration and all expire.
Not a question of literary rights to be discussing copyrights as copyright implies, is it?