These goods are, therefore, private property. Man-created goods are molded by the hand or mind of man. Man-created goods are appropriately private property. Pre-existing goods are appropriately social property. Mixed goods are the result of the combination of pre-existing free goods with the exertion of the human hand and mind.
Mixed goods pose the greatest challenge to claims of ownership.
The human exertion and creativity is the basis for the private property claim. Disagreements concerning the proportion of goods in the mix is resolved by popular consensus, reinforced by a civil court jury system. Discoveries are the human recognition of the value and usefulness of land, raw materials and intellectual goods that exist as free goods. Individual ownership claims to these goods are minimal. Most discoveries should be considered social property and should be available to all individuals to use.