Holding is fine.<p>The difference between copyrights and property is that the scarcity is entirely artificial. If I have your sandwich, you can&#x27;t eat it. If I steal your money, you can&#x27;t spend it. (There exists the possibility of copying your money, that&#x27;s counterfeiting and it&#x27;s a distinct issue. Not all monetary systems are vulnerable to it. But whichever way, copying your money is never seen as a crime against <i>you</i>. You can still spend yours.)<p>Copyrights and patents are properly understood as <i>granted monopolies</i>. In the same category as having &quot;a monopoly on the sale of salt&quot;. Basically, a way of governments playing favourites by making someone a needless but coercively enforced toll-booth owner.