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If you look up what property really means, it is not a physical object/possession, it's an abstract right of disposal over something. If you steal my car, I can
by Tycho 16y ago
If you look up what property really means, it is not a physical object/possession, it's an abstract right of disposal over something. If you steal my car, I cannot dispose of it how I choose, and if you take my data without permission, again I can no longer dispose of it how I choose. So you have, in fact, deprived me of property in both cases.
- chc 16y agoIt doesn't matter if you reframe it that way. You can never dispose of mental things how you choose. The mind doesn't work the same way as physical things, which is why pretending that "intellectual property" is the same thing as physical property is a non-starter.