Tokyo judge says "You cant own a bitcoin...."
http://www.coindesk.com/tokyo-court-bitcoin-not-subject-to-ownership-2/
http://www.coindesk.com/tokyo-court-bitcoin-not-subject-to-ownership-2/
Obviously, it is not the last word.
I regard them as tangible. (Remember Tangible Cryptography?)
Yup, it goes back to the old mantra of "If you don't have the private keys, you don't have the bitcoins"