| > Hardly, there is no such thing as intellectual property. There absolutely is such a thing as intellectual property. > With property you have exclusive access over a physical item With property, you have exclusive rights with regard to something, but the exclusive rights may not be specifically to "access", and it may not be in a "physical item". Intangible personal property (which includes intellectual property, but also lots of other property rights in nonphysical things -- like securities, rights to legal action, etc.) is hardly a new thing. > The government created this artificial privilege Property is artificial, man-made, exclusive privilege with regard to something -- all of it is created through government, and all of it is enforced with threats of violence. > It is in no way akin to property Even your own description is exactly like every form of property. |