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 Private Property It has taken thousands of years to achieve the commonly accepted understanding that material property acquired through labour and trade cannot be taken from the owner at someone else’s will. This principle defines laws that govern real property, regardless of countless details and nuances in possession and usage. Likewise, a law regarding “possession and usage” of cultural phenomena must be based on one fundamental principle in accordance with the nature of the culture, regardless of countless details and nuances in the creation and existence of cultural phenomena. Culture No commonly accepted understanding of proper social relations within culture has been achieved so far. Laws that govern culture are built on a kind of compromise between laws that govern private property and something else, which has never been clearly stated. What is this “something else?” This question has never been discussed publicly. The question must be asked and answered, and the answer must be a principle based on the nature of culture itself. Culture versus Civilization When it comes to culture, all imaginable relationships within it, as compared with relationships seen to be their counterparts in civilization, work in opposite ways. Message versus Trade Essentially, a work of art is a message to everyone. That is its very nature and driving force. You write (or say, paint, sing, etc.) to be read (or heard, watched, etc.) and responded to. Even when it is done for some superficial reason such as for money, in fear of punishment, or for fame, this reason works on the surface. Below the surface, creating is free communication, unrestricted sharing of ideas. And the message is not lost when it is disseminated. It becomes more powerful and valuable if it is heard. When you share an idea with