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HOW DOES PROPERTY START?
1. Capture → certainty
a.Pierson v. Post
b.Formalism v. Instrumentalism
• Formalism-no answer based on mechanics so we have to look at custom
• Instrumentalism- what everyone does is important
2. Creation→ patent/copyright
a.Copyright is about money- can sing songs privately or for classroom use (just not commercially)
3.Discovery/Conquest
a.Pierson v. Post
b.Formalism v. Instrumentalism
• Formalism-no answer based on mechanics so we have to look at custom
• Instrumentalism- what everyone does is important
2. Creation→ patent/copyright
a.Copyright is about money- can sing songs privately or for classroom use (just not commercially)
3.Discovery/Conquest
