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Originally Posted by ApK
Irrelevant and also incorrect. You only 'own' land because we have real estate law and deeds and the artifice that says we can subdivide and own pieces of the planet surface. Ownership of farmland is not 'unlimited' as anyone who has moved, or been foreclosed on, or lost mineral rights, or been subjected to eminent domain will surely know.
Ownership of anything outside your own skin is an artificial social and legal construct and nothing more. The only difference with IP over physical property is that because it has a different nature, we created a different social and legal construct to deal with it.
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That is incorrect. Real estate law does not create property. All that law does is enhance your ability to protect your property. Without law, you can still put up fences or put up locks.
Intellectual property is a government creation because it doesn't exist without law. Without IP law, anyone can look at what you created, and create one of their own. With physical property, you can lock the gates. You have no means to protect intellectual property without law, but you do have at least some means to protect physical property without law.