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[Page] 139 [My Comments] And this is the proper way to deal with what copyright is all about. Just as a farmer has an absolute right to decide what to do with the steak he makes from his cow, an author has an absolute right to decide what to do with a book he writes. [Quote from Patry’s book] 
Despite all the flaws in the balance metaphor, at least it is premised on the existence of competing, valid interests. For this reason, it has fallen out of favor with those who wish to exercise total control over all uses, regardless of how trivial, and regardless of the lack of any economic harm from those uses. The property metaphor is the chosen vehicle for this agenda. There is, after all, no need to balance others’ interests if you have an absolute right in your property.
How Not To Fix Copyright - My Response to William Patry - Socialist copyright law - Soviet Union | Mincov Law Blog
Quote from Patry’s book