[Publius Valerius]

By your definition, when somebody hurts my feelings - over which I have exclusive right of control

But you don't have exclusive right of control over your feelings. The actions of other people affect your feelings beyond your control. If someone jumps out at you and yells "Boo!" you feel scared. This is an involuntary reaction beyond your control--and in the control of another party.

On the other hand, something that you create, though deliberate thought and action, like a song, for instance, IS within your exclusive control.

Would you like to try again? There is no reason that property must be measurable. It is something over which you have exclusive right of control. It belongs to you and no one else.

[hedgetrimmer]

There is no reason that property must be measurable

I own your thoughts! I've established it in a public forum. Since there is no ability to register ownership of thoughts, I'll just make the declaration here and now.

Now I am going to set up a tribunal to rule against you if you claim you got your thoughts by legal means. It doesn't matter because I have established ownership in a public manner. It doesn't matter if the tribunal is from outerspace. They will tell you you have to give your thoughts up to me, and from now on I will tell you which thoughts you can use, and which ones you cannot.