Copy protection, is this going to far?

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John J.
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Given that everyone is really entitled to access everything as their natural birthright,
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The items DO belong to them! Everything belongs to everyone, automatically, regardless of who seems to be the author or source. As soon as I create something, it is yours too.

Since when?

... I suppose this has something to do with your theory that everyone is actually an "imaginary human", merely a fragment of a singular all-powerful mind in which all reality exists, and that we all have the power to manipulate space/time at will, although each individual is conveniently unaware of this, and therefore can't actually make use of these powers.

I am holding it to ransom. It is not truly `my` possession. I am just fighting you for it and the law happens to be made to say that it is rightfully mine and not rightfully yours. The law is nonsense, of course.

Fine, hand it over then. After all, we're both the same person, so what difference does it make, right? :)