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Originally Posted by axel77
Both "property" and "intelectual" are social constructs. Both don't exist in this universe as any observeable facts. With the same argument you say there is no "intellectual property" you can say, there is generally no "property" at all.
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The reason "property is associated with physical objects is that you can hold these in your hand (those too heavy notwithstanding).
In other words, to take my laptop, you'll have to pry it from my fingers. Once you do so, I won't have it anymore.
Intellectual production, on the other hand, can be had by as many people as you think of without diminishing what each of them possesses/knows.
Hence it isn't "property"