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    2 years ago

    I thought IP just referred to something you can’t physically steal and instead copy.

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        2 years ago

        I always considered it like thought property, not exactly tangible and the closest you could do is copy it.

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            2 years ago

            I mean. Literally, literally means figuratively now. People look at DVDs and say they’re not a digital copy when they are written digitally. Words are fluid and contextual so to throw out half a phrase is to throw out the ability to understand it.

            Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things,[1] and also refers to the valuable things themselves. -Property Wiki

            An intellectual property would then logically follow it is a valuable thing or idea that is then legally controlled.