SuperSquall said: ^ Your parents gave birth to you and are the sole reason why you are even here... therefore they can do whatever they want with you.
Spidey said: If the government made it legal for parents to do whatever they want to kids (ie abuse them), who is to blame more, the government or the parents? Government.
The metaphor doesn't apply very well to things that aren't sentient. And if I was property, you'd be exactly right, not sarcastic, with some small exceptions. If children, women, certain races, or any number of things were still chattle that would be a proper conclusion. It's an IP, the rules are different than those regarding sentient beings, especially humans. It's been sold on some contractual terms to which none of us are privy to and those who create an IP are granted license to do anything they want to with. That is exactly true. They can even transfer their property rights in any number of varying ways. And then they can sell their property for any price they want. At which point a consumer can decide to buy or not buy the property or certain rights to the property, such as the right to own a single playable copy but not to reproduce it.
