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Right, the value in holding the stock certificate is that it provides the bearer with entitlements to control and a share of the assets of an intangible thing -
by jameshart 2y ago
Right, the value in holding the stock certificate is that it provides the bearer with entitlements to control and a share of the assets of an intangible thing - a company.
The value in holding a painting is that you own some aesthetically arranged atoms.
- shalmanese 2y agoBut there's art that exists in freeports whose only value is that it's moved from locker A to locker B as a part of a financial transaction. Definitely, not all art is a security but it's an interesting question, both philosophically and legally whether there can be some class of art that functions so close to a security that security provisions should apply.