As you point out, there are already some limitations placed on other forms of private property. I don’t find this argument quite as compelling, at least with re

As you point out, there are already some limitations placed on other forms of private property. I don’t find this argument quite as compelling, at least with respect to the original premise of software destroying the concept of private property. There are restrictions which are independent and precede software, so one could suppose that software is currently the last vestiges of private property and SaaS and the like will finally complete the destruction of the concept of private property, but I’m not sure this has much weight with a lot of (or even most) people. There are those who would argue that current encumberances have already destroyed private property; I think most people don’t find this to be the case, at least to the point of completely destroying it. We accept limits on freedoms and rights because we understand they need to be balanced with respect to one another. As absolutes they’re ultimately incompatible. Though this is now tending towards general ideology, so I’ll stop right here.