Thomas Jefferson on the ethics/cost/benefit of IP regulation (1813) (en.wikisource.org)

Dressed in 18th century antique prose, but he was scoffing at the idea of "intellectual property"

Another interesting quote: > Stable ownership is the gift of social law

This goes directly against the idea of "God given rights". Privaye property is an aspect of social law, you heard it from a Founding Father.