[governance] Good contribution on IP addresses and Internet Governance

[Roland Perry]

In message <4DB22860.2080009 at cavebear.com>, at 18:16:16 on Fri, 22 Apr 
2011, Karl Auerbach <karl at cavebear.com> writes
>A lot of people treat the word "property" as some sort of mystical 
>talisman full of deep meaning and overwhelming portent.
>
>But to do so is silly.
>
>"Property" is nothing more than the accumulation of human-defined 
>rights and obligations that people (and fake-people, i.e. corporations) 
>have towards a tangible or intellectual thing.

What's important is whether people think the courts can be used to 
enforce the rights and obligations. And courts are much more interested 
in things which can be regarded as property. Hence all the fuss about 
that other IP: Intellectual Property.
-- 
Roland Perry
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