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{{a|glossary|}}Something capable of being [[Ownership|owned]]. Not just held, but ''owned''. [[Possession]] and [[ownership]] are different things. [[Ownership]] implies you can keep it, [[pledge]] it, [[licence]] it, lease it, declare a [[trust]] over it — you can act as an economic [[rentier]] with respect to it.
*You can’t own [[data]] that doesn’t amount to [[intellectual property]].
*You can’t own [[cash]], either.<ref>This is controversial but defendible view — not because your rights to cash are in someway attenuated compared to your rights over [[property]], but because [[cash]] is a special, otherworldly, elusive thing, not susceptible of mortal, human impulses like “[[ownership]]”.
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*[[Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994]]
*[[Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994]]
*[[Thing in action]]
*[[Thing in action]]
*[[Cash]]
*[[Bitcoin]] (which is ''not'' cash).

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Something capable of being owned. Not just held, but owned. Possession and ownership are different things. Ownership implies you can keep it, pledge it, licence it, lease it, declare a trust over it — you can act as an economic rentier with respect to it.

  • You can’t own data that doesn’t amount to intellectual property.
  • You can’t own cash, either.<ref>This is controversial but defendible view — not because your rights to cash are in someway attenuated compared to your rights over property, but because cash is a special, otherworldly, elusive thing, not susceptible of mortal, human impulses like “ownership”.

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