Free and prosperous societies respect property rights. But do copyrights really qualify for the same respect afforded to houses, cars, and computers?  Recent legislative trends suggest that lawmakers have been misled by the rhetoric of property to make copyright more and more powerful.  This trend has thrown public policy out of balance, discouraged innovation, and harmed consumers.  Rather than a form of property, lawmakers should regard copyrights as government-granted privileges that threaten our natural and common law rights and that, when taken too far, make worthy targets for reform.
https://www.mercatus.org/events/intellectual-privilege-copyright-common-law-and-common-good