grue , 8 months ago Legally I think you own the book, but not it’s contents? So legally it would be the same? (The content is copyrighted so you can’t reproduce it etc) You own the book and you own your copy of its contents, but you don’t hold* the copyright. Why do people have such a hard time phrasing it clearly like that, and instead say things like “you don’t own the contents?” (* A copyright is a temporary monopoly privilege granted by Congress. It isn’t itself property and is therefore “held,” not “owned.”)
Legally I think you own the book, but not it’s contents? So legally it would be the same? (The content is copyrighted so you can’t reproduce it etc)
You own the book and you own your copy of its contents, but you don’t hold* the copyright.
Why do people have such a hard time phrasing it clearly like that, and instead say things like “you don’t own the contents?”
(* A copyright is a temporary monopoly privilege granted by Congress. It isn’t itself property and is therefore “held,” not “owned.”)