As a matter of fact, I do think that holding a copyright (are you OK with &#x27;holding&#x27;?) <i>is</i> a form of ownership in the usual sense of the word. A copyright holder can sell her copyright to someone else and can exclude others from using the copyrighted material. These are the two primary criteria that are commonly understood (among lawyers, at least) to pick out ownership relations. What other criteria are there for a relationship to qualify as an ownership relationship?<p>It can&#x27;t just be that a copyright is intangible, because there are a lot of intangible things one can one: money, shares of stock, debt...