content/words/ownership.html

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   2 title: ownership
   3 alignment: chaotic
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   6 {% block examples -%}
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   8 "You should not deny the [author](/author) the ownership of their [work](/work)"
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  10 {%- endblock %}
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  14 {% block usage -%}
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  16 To suggest that ideas or their expressions can be owned by somebody
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  18 To suggest that distribution of ideas or of their expression needs [control](/control) and regulation
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  20 To blur the line between authorship (of works of art) and ownership (of tangible objects)
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  26 {% block recommendations -%}
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  28 Use "authorship" (remembering that works of culture are results of [sharing](/sharing) ideas, are [derivative](/derivative)) instead
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  30 Do not agree to the use of "ownership" with regard to intangible objects (ideas, expressions, etc)
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  32 {%- endblock %}