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It did not evolve from property law. It evolved from monopolies granted by kings, and the desire to control who could publish and how extensively. So-misnamed "
by greyfade 14y ago
It did not evolve from property law. It evolved from monopolies granted by kings, and the desire to control who could publish and how extensively. So-misnamed "intellectual property" never had anything to do with property laws until very recently.