Isn't that an interesting term: "Intellectual Property".

If I didn't know the established meaning of the term, I'd think it referred to the lump of grey stuff which sits just behind your eyes. Even that is a slightly odd concept though, because it implies that you own your own body. I know that it might be a weird thing not to assume this in today's society, but I for one don't believe that the idea of ownership is as old as life itself. Do cats own the territory they spray? Do birds own their nests or are they just renting them from the tree? I'm sure that bees rent pollen - otherwise they'd have a legitimate claim over the plant that grew up from the crosspollination. Just think what an empire of lavender bushes the Queen bee would legally own! Maybe they're acting as freelancers operating under a lavender franchise.

Anyway, in the modern human world there appears to be a largely accepted though contravertial concept of "intellectual property", and one of my friends, a lawyer and "intellectual property" specialist is part of the team behind a new IP related blog. Many of the posts on there relate to IT and technical stuff, but there's other stuff too. Take a look.