Blog "Property Rights"

When an item is bought the purchaser owns the item. I believe that when you buy something it belongs to you because you payed the money out of your pocket to own it, even if there are certain extents to the types of things that you can do with these objects. Just because you buy the item does not mean you can do anything you want with it. Everything has its certain laws and limitations that you can mess with. Some examples of this are: phones, internet and credit cards. I think these are all great examples that can be explained. When you buy a phone, the phone itself is yours, but the company decides how you can use it, and what types of services are available. Also, when you pay for internet it’s considered “your” internet because you payed for it. You are allowed to lock it and use it however you please, but once you start taking things to far then you can get banned or in trouble for the things you do. Lastly, when you receive a credit card it’s considered yours because it has all your information on it. You can do whatever you please with it but it all depends on the money available on the card. So technically you can’t do anything even if you do own it. This is why I believe no matter what as long as you pay for something then it belongs to you.