I'm not sure what you were taught in school, but there are massive differences between physical property and intellectual property. The very notion of intellect

I'm not sure what you were taught in school, but there are massive differences between physical property and intellectual property. The very notion of intellectual property, the assignment of rights and their enforcement by governments is quite new: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law