>re: things being produced as their exclusive property, what is the issue with this? They did the work to make the thing, therefore it's their property The mor

>re: things being produced as their exclusive property, what is the issue with this? They did the work to make the thing, therefore it's their property The more the world is built out of "other people's property", the less freedom you have. And the specific property-like law Congress chose to make people pay for software is incredibly strict within the narrow range of its scope - i.e. perfect if you want literally anything to do with technology to become a coercive monopoly.