By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026This is a distinction with a difference. Property rights are *alienable*. When you negotiate to sell your property to someone else, you propose to transfer the title to that property. 1281
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026If you sell your house, you don't get to move back in if you change your mind later. Sell your car, and you must not get in and drive it away. 1230
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026Nominally, creative workers only bargain away *some* of their copyright, because copyright is also *divisible*. You can sell US English print rights to a novel, a one-month license to synch a song to an advertisement, or the right to display a painting for a year. 1261
