[OT] - does IP exist?

[Manfred_Nowak]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:

> I assert that the intention of keeping a private letter away from
> other's eye is no different than the intention of keeping the work
> private unless someone pays for it.

You just claimed, that after someone payed for the work he is allowed 
to put that work into the public at his own will, thereby enabling 
copying. 

In fact this has been decided in a case in germany, where someone sold 
the right to publish private facts exclusive to one newspaper and then  
wanted to inhibit other newspapers to write about the same facts.

Do you want to make your statement above a bit more complicated?

-manfred
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Maybe some knowledge of some types of disagreeing and their relation 
can turn out to be useful:
http://blog.createdebate.com/2008/04/07/writing-strong-arguments/