That's a terrible analogy. Courts in the US have been widely rejecting IPs as the basis of copyright lawsuits, see: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/03/25/flor

That's a terrible analogy. Courts in the US have been widely rejecting IPs as the basis of copyright lawsuits, see: http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/03/25/florida-judge-rejects-ip-address-valid-identifier-copyright-infringement-lawsuit http://www.gamepolitics.com/2014/03/25/florida-judge-rejects... http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/security/297475-ip-address-not-a-person-judge-says-in-copyright-lawsuit http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/security/297475-ip-address-no... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/10/court_nukes_ano.htm http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/10/court_nukes_ano... P.S. Downvotes on HN do not mean "I disagree".