Quasi-property

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Quasi-property is a legal concept, in which some rights similar to ownership may accrue to a party who does an act which benefits society as a whole. Black's Law Dictionary defines "quasi" as being "almost" or "resembling" - but not actually the same as the suffix item. ^[1]

Property Law gives the owner of real property or personal property a "bundle of rights" for beneficial use, such as the right to sell the property or right to lifetime use of the property.^{[citation needed]}

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One of the first occurrences of quasi-property being found by a court under American law was in the case of International News Service v. Associated Press where the news distributor creator of information was protected from the "unfair competition" of a party who was reproducing the information and attempting to distribute it faster than the creator.^{[citation needed]}

Another prominent example of quasi-property under US law is the continuing ownership of a person's right to publicity even after death.^{[citation needed]}