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The copyright becomes property only because it's a monopoly granted by the state - which represent us, the people. It's not the other way round.
This way, a shell becomes property because children attach a value to it, they trade shells, balls, collectibles... remember Tom Sawyer painting the fence?
When we attach value to things, they become property. Valueless things are nobody's property for nobody wants them for they have no value.
The property disappears when the copyright lapses. It becomes public domain, or the property of the whole nation/earth (sounds very north-korean, but this is how the things are).
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