PeterB,
Information is a non-material asset and it has price, because it had cost in
the past to “create the information”. And the law protects you, because it
stops people from distributing this information (you created it, you paid
the costs). Theoretically you can find axiom information with zero cost. But
right now the discussion is about information with cost such as money, time,
and a lot of blue screens 
Zoltan
Ps: Saying of the day : “Information is not free … and I know everything!”
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