You are simply trying to rationalize something that you would like to be as you say, but it just isn't. If your definition of "property" applies, then I could claim that you owe me money for using the alphabet, or for using hemoglobin, or for any other ridiculous thing.

You're mixing up a hypothetical need to credit and recognize authorship, and a hypothetical right to make money out of something you do not effectively own. The first is debatable. The second not even that.

If you want to be paid for your work, make it non-replicable or at the very least figure out a way to ensure that people can only access it after they pay you. Otherwise, don't complain if people pay the economically rational price for an infinitely reproducible and freely accessible -- zero.