The butler is no "Castle Owner". It is a cheap way to give people a strong and prestigious word to describe themselves, thereby smuggling in connotations. If y

The butler is no "Castle Owner". It is a cheap way to give people a strong and prestigious word to describe themselves, thereby smuggling in connotations. If you own something, you will treat it with lots of attention of course. People who tell you that you own something that isn't actually yours want to make you feel you own it and hence give it your 110%, while actually not owning anything. There is no ownership here and project lead or project manager would be much more appropriate. I know that it's jargon, but it's pure connotation smuggling. Titles are very cheap, and people are gullible to be satisfied with the pride that comes from feeling like they own something. Remember when people used to talk about "rockstar devs", ninjas and gurus. Or Apple customer service people being called "geniuses". Or "Scrum Masters". Or various wizards, magicians, and so on. Also I never mentioned copyright at all. Copyright may or may not be relevant regarding ownership. For example when producing physical widgets without software, copyright is a non-starter in the first place.