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Ownership — concept, characteristics, and philosophical-legal understanding


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In the fact that a person places their will into an object lies the concept of ownership; everything else is merely its realization. The internal act of my will, which states that something is mine, must be recognized by others. If I make an object mine, I impart this predicate to it, which must manifest externally, and not remain solely within my internal will. Among children, it often happens that they protest against others' possession of an object, claiming they wanted it earlier; however, for adults, this subjective desire is insufficient, since the form of subjectivity must be removed and must achieve objectivity1.

Ownership — is understood in the sense provided in Article 2 of the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, signed in Stockholm on July 14, 19672.

  1. Hegel G.W.F. Philosophy of Right. Translated from German: Ed. and comp. D.A. Kerimov, and V.S.M.: Thought, 1990. P. 109. ↩

  2. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Australia on cooperation in the field of research and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, amended on 2004-09-06, art. 16. ↩

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