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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Well, it isn't in the same sense of other stuff. It isn't tangible, it isn't limited to size or number.
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Companies die for good intelectual property in the form of new optimized algorithms, like compression formats for audio/video. It's a highly valued Intelectual Property and is not something your average crackhead copycat can come up with: it takes years of research from highly bright individuals for something new and valueable to come up to replace the old methods. It is very tangible in the sense of how much effort and time it takes to create and how much valuable it is from companies willing to patent it.
ironically enough, said compression methods are also highly valued by the Crackhead Copy Joe, who can now rip blurays and create a small torrent with almost same quality...
Works of art are not much different in the value put in by appreciators, aside from no real practical use.