Eugene Volokh points out the historical use of the term “property” to refer to literary works here.
I’ve defended the concept of “intellectual property” here and use of the phrase in the comments here.
Intellectual “Property”
Jim Harper / Jim is the Director of Information Policy Studies at The Cato Institute, the Editor of Web-based privacy think-tank Privacilla.org, and the Webmaster of WashingtonWatch.com. Prior to becoming a policy analyst, Jim served as counsel to committees in both the House and Senate.
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