@hardistyar to summarize what I understand:
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inaccessible/secret/hidden entities (material or immaterial):
→ use agreements -
public/(openly) accessible/visible entities
→ granted absolute rights = licenses
(granted by whom? the law? the fastest-talking person? …)
- material → legal ownership (license)
(can you own a tree or plot of land? → eg. multispecies ethics) - immaterial → work (likely “action” as per Hannah Arendt)
- patents: invention = intellectual work
- copyright: creative work
Nagoya Protocol regulating access and benefit sharing:
I am wondering if the PICs (Prior Informed Consent) and MATs (Mutual Agreed Terms) associated with ABS-regulation are based on inaccessibility (cp. 1.; border controls, customs, enforcement) or on ownership (cp. 2.; public accessible though regulated by absolute legal rights)?