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Old 07-10-2008, 09:25 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
So what about, say, shares in a company? Shares are a completely abstract concept - they are a measure of "ownership", which certainly isn't anything physical. And yet the law has no problem with you leaving somebody company shares in your will. Shares are just as much "intellectual property" as income from a book is.
Harry, if "shares" are not something physical, then the entirety of ownership, e.g. the title to your car, is also not something physical. 'nuff said.
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