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"ip" = "intellectual property". It's literally in the name.

Property isn't defined by quantity or finiteness. It's anything, real or otherwise, for which ownership consists of a set of rights to control the exploitation (aka "use") of the thing.




The name is in short shit. If I decide to call cars electric horses they still wont require breeding, pastures, or feed and will will need mechanics, gas, and pavement under the wheels.




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