Having said all that - although I believe abandoning copyright would be an unjust thing to do, it may in fact have positive effects on society as a whole. This

Having said all that - although I believe abandoning copyright would be an unjust thing to do, it may in fact have positive effects on society as a whole. This article was posted here some time back: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/no-copyright-law-the-real-reason-for-germany-s-industrial-expansion-a-710976.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/no-copyright-l... The question for me would be whether there are ways of achieving the same effect without having to completely abandon copyright?