after reading the pdf about ownership and contracts, how does the availability of free or low-cost copies of rare documents affect the value of the originals? Are the original documents (I use the example of a First Folio of Shakespeare) more or less valuable once they are digitized and available for anyone with an internet connection? No more than a two page paper.

Introduction to Ownership and Contracts Ownership We've already talked about property. Property assumes ownership. Ownership is a non-tangible right which we have that allows us to control property that we own. You may have heard an old "legal" maxim: Possession is nine tenths of the law. This is more of a folk saying than a legal saying but there is some truth to it. Very often, ownership means that we have the property that we own close at hand. Such is not always the case and the converse is not always true. We can use property owned by someone else. You may be reading this on a computer owned by the university. Sometimes we own property that is not immediately at hand for example, a car in a parking lot. If you own a business like a baseball team or a department store, you may be far removed from your property. The law, federal, state and local, can limit your right of ownership. The thirteenth amendment to our constitution says that we cannot own people. You cannot legally own a banned or controlled substance like stolen property or heroin even if the stolen property or heroin is in your possession. Indeed, the mere possession of such things is illegal even if you do not claim the right of ownership. There may be severe restrictions on the ownership of legal property. While we have the right to bear arms under the second amendment to our constitution, we do not have unrestricted gun ownership rights. Notice the variety of laws controlling the purchase, possession and use of guns and ammunition: Wiki rv Property assumes ownership and ownership assumes the ability to transfer ownership to another person or entity. There are many ways of transferring ownership. We will see an important one when we talk about contracts later in this paper. Our economy is based heavily on the transfer of ownership of