We give away the laws we write. In fact, the government provides an awful lot of services. If the taxpayer paid for it, the taxpayer should certainly be able to own it. I've never personally found it difficult to explain that to non-technical people.

I think even a 5 year old can understand "if I paid for something, it's mine".

That's why I own a SR-71 Blackbird and my own naval destroyer... come on guys, grow up.