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Whilst I agree that no intellectual property whatsoever promotes progress, I think that intellectual property protects the interests of people whose main asset
by lelele 16y ago
Whilst I agree that no intellectual property whatsoever promotes progress, I think that intellectual property protects the interests of people whose main asset is their intellect. Think about someone who have spent years to develop some innovative product: doesn't he/she deserve to make a profit from it? Or is it better for some other people who are just smarter about business to make gobs of money over the effort of somebody else?
- norswap 16y agoI think that lots of times, someone who is capable of making something remarkable is someone worth having around. So often, things will work out that way. Actually, it already does : people invent things at companies, and the companies then own the intellectual property.