“A primary function of property rights is that of guiding ...

The quasi-property right is against competitors but not against the public and was acquired because the news is a “stock in trade to be gathered at the cost of enterprise, organization, skill, labor and money, and to be distributed and sold to those who will pay money for it.” Thus, on account of the economic value of the news, a company can have limited proprietary interest in it against ... ................
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