Ideas and concepts have the ability to benefit society as a whole. Physical property benefits very few.<p>Also after a certain period of time, it becomes a bit of a stretch to suggest that nobody else would have thought of that same idea over a long enough time frame.<p>Now of course, I&#x27;m not really speaking to Mickey Mouse, so much as I am scientific breakthroughs and good ideas that improve on old concepts, but it&#x27;s all IP.