OK, but you realize that so-called intellectual property, as opposed to real property, is created out of thin air by law. And consider that this state-sanction

OK, but you realize that so-called intellectual property, as opposed to real property, is created out of thin air by law. And consider that this state-sanctioned monopoly is not created out of some moral or ethical notions of propriety, but out of the understanding that such a monopoly can serve the public good. When it ceases to serve the public good, there is reason to reconsider it.