> Spend can't really be the

> reason a company gets a

> public good, right? If I

> want to own a city park,

> and I spend a bunch of money

> trying to own it, that

> doesn't mean I do, in fact,

> own it or should own it.

Isn't the error here assuming that the IP invented by the private entity is automatically a public good?

To me a public park is not equal to IP invented with private funds.