> something can be private property only if it is defensible in principle. Physical objects meet this bar, but concepts and types do not

Why not? I sing song. You sing song. I beat you with stick because that’s my song. You stop singing song.

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__MatrixMan__ an hour ago | parent [-]

Well it really comes down to how good you are with that stick. You "can" stop me from singing your song... But can you? You don't even know where I am.

	▲	pocksuppet 16 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		And this is the premise on which Anna's Archive operates. The operator isn't even called Anna, just in case that wasn't already obvious to literally everyone.
	▲	JumpCrisscross an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> You "can" stop me from singing your song... But can you? Yes. I kill you. Stealing was usually punishable by death in ancient cultures. > You don't even know where I am This isn’t a thing in early human societies. Like, yes, you could theoretically get away. Lots of thieves of physical property actually get away. That doesn’t make said property indefensible in principle.