'intellectual property' is mostly post-modern nonsense. Yet, here we are. If these numbers are property, then, the government will duely regulate it as such.
Quite the opposite. You're either confused on the meaning of 'intellectual property' or 'post-modernism'.
intellectual property is a subset of property rights.
they both exist only because society deems their existence necessary.
I strongly recommend Heller & Salzman's "Mine!" [0] as a non-ideological and layperson-accessible exploration of the history and nature of property.
I don't deem the existence of intellectual "property" necessary, in fact I predict its existance will become infeasable to uphold.