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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. | {{a|glossary|}}Something capable of being [[Ownership|owned]]. Not just held<ref>{{ford fairlane bonus plan}}</ref>, 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 [[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 some way attenuated compared to your rights over [[property]], but because [[cash]] is ''[[sui generis]]'': a special, otherworldly, elusive thing, not susceptible of mortal, human impulses like “[[ownership]]”.</ref> | *You can’t own [[cash]], either.<ref>This is controversial but defendible view — not because your rights to [[cash]] are in some way attenuated compared to your rights over [[property]], but because [[cash]] is ''[[sui generis]]'': a special, otherworldly, elusive thing, not susceptible of mortal, human impulses like “[[ownership]]”.</ref> | ||