> other problems taking the place of the ones that we have now. Such as? I know I've benefited immensely from works out of copyright, and works in Copyleft etc

> other problems taking the place of the ones that we have now. Such as? I know I've benefited immensely from works out of copyright, and works in Copyleft etc. I've bought no books because of copyright - but some under open licenses (not many to chose from though...). I'm not clear on how hw patents have played out in my life - I'd love to see some numbers indicating a net benefit for the world population from copyright and patents. Especially considering systematic subversion seems as old as enforcement (from bootleg music to cloned hw).