Indeed it would, for the parties that would argue this.
In business, property rights seem to be seen primarily, if not only, as a money-making asset - if you own something then you can license it and thus make money from it.
It works well for media companies, which is why I feel their primary business is moving property rights and licenses around, with any end-user benefit being a side effect.
Yeah, sure ... but the weird part is that they use that in their propaganda, and successfully so, it seems. Totally would make sense in their internal communication on the matter of course.
In business, property rights seem to be seen primarily, if not only, as a money-making asset - if you own something then you can license it and thus make money from it.
It works well for media companies, which is why I feel their primary business is moving property rights and licenses around, with any end-user benefit being a side effect.