> I think it is quite likely that we as a society would be better off without any kind of copyright or IP. I agree with that. IP also doesn't make any sense to

> I think it is quite likely that we as a society would be better off without any kind of copyright or IP. I agree with that. IP also doesn't make any sense to me from a philosophical perspective. I don't understand why making one thing once should give me a monopoly on making things that are similar to that thing. The fact that the question of how similar a thing must be to fall under my monopoly is so arbitrary and ill-defined also leads to an enormous amount of resources being wasted on litigation and designing around the law. Non-disclosure agreements are sufficient to allow an inventor to be first to market. They should not be able to use the government to enforce a monopoly after that.