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Old 01-10-2019, 05:34 AM   #363
pwalker8
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Given the definition of the World Intellectual Property Organisation that Intellectual Property is "a category of property", I’d regard their viewpoint as “definitive” on the matter. They have 191 member states and administer 26 international treaties, so I think their word on the matter can be taken as authoritative.
I don't. You cite an organization dedicated to treating the various forms of government granted monopolies (copyright and patents) as property as the authoritarian expert on the definition of property. Certainly, it's the definition that they would like to have accepted by everyone.
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