the land duplicator

Suppose there was a machine which dupplicated land. For a small cost - let's say about as much as a washing machine for the duplicator, and a little electricity - you could make an exact copy of any land that you had temporary access to.

Trivially, you can copy the land you own. If you want more of it, no problem. It looks just the same and acts just the same.

You can go to the town library and copy the building and the grounds. Also town hall. Also the park. Also your neighbor's estate if she allows it, and the enirety of Yellowstone National Park.

Now suppose there is a lending library that has been buying the rights to access all sorts of real estate, and it turns out that that is sufficient for your machine to make copies.

Students routinely copy each others' parents' villas and estates, and of course every building on campus.

There are catalogs which will send you land to copy for a minimal fee, and underground landgrabs where everything is free.

What happens to the real estate market?

Every work of intellectual property is in this situation right now. There's no way to undo it. There is no effective preventative or lock. The laws say you can't copy everything, but the laws can't trump reality. Eventually they'll have to give way.

I don't know what happens next.

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the land duplicator

Suppose there was a machine which dupplicated land. For a small cost - let's say about as much as a washing machine for the duplicator, and a little electricity - you could make an exact copy of any land that you had temporary access to.

Trivially, you can copy the land you own. If you want more of it, no problem. It looks just the same and acts just the same.

You can go to the town library and copy the building and the grounds. Also town hall. Also the park. Also your neighbor's estate if she allows it, and the enirety of Yellowstone National Park.

Now suppose there is a lending library that has been buying the rights to access all sorts of real estate, and it turns out that that is sufficient for your machine to make copies.

Students routinely copy each others' parents' villas and estates, and of course every building on campus.

There are catalogs which will send you land to copy for a minimal fee, and underground landgrabs where everything is free.

What happens to the real estate market?

Every work of intellectual property is in this situation right now. There's no way to undo it. There is no effective preventative or lock. The laws say you can't copy everything, but the laws can't trump reality. Eventually they'll have to give way.

I don't know what happens next.

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