Abstract
Main theses defended in this paper are:
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Information cannot be possessed. It is not property, since it cannot be taken away. It is neither object nor energy, but essentially form.
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Every form of treating information as a product is intrinsically contradictory to its very nature.
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Copyright protection is not only based on an epistemological lie, it is also immoral towards society.
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Neither authors nor inventors need protection, since the use of their work does not constitute an‐attack, but rather an honour.
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The further development of new technologies will make the idea of copyright completely anachronistic and obsolete. Copyright protection will reveal itself to be just inefficient.