In one sense I think that any of the copyright (or IP generally) discussions on HN are superfluous. We've said what we have to say a dozen times. OTOH, I kind

In one sense I think that any of the copyright (or IP generally) discussions on HN are superfluous. We've said what we have to say a dozen times. OTOH, I kind of feel like these are deep issues that need time and repeated debate to fully digest. The idea of property is itself an manmade invention and it some self self evident truth that property should be defined one way or another. I think that example like this do go back to a crucial part of property's definition: control & exclusion. Without exclusion rights, I think it's hard to call something a property right.