>I toy around with the deeply contrarian idea that what we need are significantly stronger intellectual property laws to upend this economic death spiral, but I

>I toy around with the deeply contrarian idea that what we need are significantly stronger intellectual property laws to upend this economic death spiral, but I am not at all convinced that that is the answer or that it would have any chance of working. Or to just toss out IP laws, and every other toehold companies have that prevents their products being totally commoditized, and let the free market do its magic. Or shift to an economy based on the social good over locking things down for profit. Whatever.