Doubtless too: you've been told that this protection arises from the fact that copyright is a property right - specifically, it's a subspecies of "intellectual property":
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Cory Doctorow: IP
You’ve probably heard of “open source software.” If you pay attention to the politics of this stuff, you might have heard of “free software” and even know a little ab…