How do we define private property? Normally it’s what we work to build or own. Our own labor and effort are what establish ownership. We strive. We write songs. We create movies. We innovate. We invent. And we build. But what happens when all that effort just goes away? Artists don’t need to draw anymore. Poets don’t need to reflect. Musicians don’t need to play. Everything is created in an instant, with a single command. Who owns the result? And if everyone is creating like this constantly, how long before every possibility is owned and locked away? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

February 12, 2026

TODAY IN HISTORY Abraham Lincoln is born. 1809 TOP STORIES Has AI Already Ended Intellectual Property? How do we define private property? Normally it’s what we work to build or own. Our own labor and effort are what establish ownership. We strive. We write songs. We create movies. We innovate. We invent. And we build. But what happens when all that effort just goes away? Artists don’t need to draw anymore. Poets don’t need to reflect. Musicians don’t need to play. Everything is created in an instant, with a single command. Who owns the result? And if everyone is creating like this constantly, how long before every possibility is owned and locked away? This is the challenge we’re now facing with artificial intelligence, as it runs into intellectual property laws. SHARE*     WATCH NOW >>> CCP Ties Behind US Protests Exposed The Chinese regime has a hand in the protests sweeping the United States. Congress recently held a hearing exposing how the CCP is involved in key organizations behind the unrest,... Crossroads       WATCH NOW Cosmic Beauty Unveiled: Why We Keep Hunting for Aliens Bay Area Innovators       WATCH NOW HEALTH A 2,000-Calorie Menu Plan for the Upside-Down Food Pyramid       Imparting Life Lessons       INSPIRING The Devil’s Playbook: Five Ways We Sabotage Ourselves—and How to Win Back Control       Sponsored by Gan Jing World [GJW SUBSCRIBER] A man steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. His 84-year-old daughter thought he did it for patriotic reasons. A filmmaker spends more than 30 years trying to find the truth. A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR BROWNSTONE RESEARCH NVIDIA invests in dying coal town company? I just traveled 2,000 miles to investigate NVIDIA’s newest investment... Why? I warned readers about NVIDIA in 2016, before it surged 28,000%. So when I heard its investment arm was backing a brand-new technology, I went immediately. What I found shocked me… Billionaires are already piling in — and this could spark a 33,000% boom in one overlooked industry. NVIDIA and Bill Gates are in… are you? EPOCH BUY How To Protect All Your Family’s Precious Photos, Videos & VHS Tapes In Less Than 5 Minutes       LIFESTYLE Chicken Hungarian Goulash With Caraway Pappardelle       EPOCH FUN Freecell Solitaire Arrange cards by suit in ascending order to win. PLAY Spot the Difference Find the differences between 2 images. PLAY Word Wipe Create words to eliminate tiles. PLAY

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