&quot;The flaw in your example is &quot;you TOOK someone&#39;s piece of marble.&quot;  You<br>
may have added value to the marble FOR THE OWNER, if he likes your<br>
statue.  Or, you may have REDUCED it&#39;s value to the owner, if he<br>
intended to use the marble for a counter top.  The point being, that you<br>
cannot base &quot;increased value&quot; arguments when you base your premise on<br>
STEALING the item in the first place.&quot;<br><br>This is not a flaw - this is the main point of the example.<br>It shows that property right is not given by creation. The fact that<br>it was *you* who wrote the book does not give you any property rights<br>
over the copy of the book someone else bought. He now owns it. The<br>fact that you wrote the story does not now give you any property right in it.<br><br>
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&quot;In other words, he thinks it would be fine for others to demand<br>
that YOU do one hour of work for them a day for free, and that is<br>
acceptable until more than 24 people have made that same demand.&quot;<br><br>Oh really? Can I have a quote?<br>