By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026You don't get to move back into the house your parents sold 35 years ago, and if you did, the photographer who took the family portrait in the hallway wouldn't be allowed to break in and take it away 35 years after you sat for it. 1281
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026Termination of transfer isn't an "IP right" - it's a *labor right*. It belongs to the large class of rights that are far more important and useful than mere property rights, such as privacy rights and human rights: pluralistic.net/2026/09/28/c...pluralistic.netPluralistic: Priceful (28 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1325
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/10/2026If copyright were just about *property* rights, then termination of transfer would be inconceivable. Termination is a vestigial labor right at the very periphery of copyright. It protects artists, and it can only do so because it is *not* a property right. 1306
