While I do not agree with the paragraph about trade secrets because that would represent compelled speach I agree that copyright and patents are noxious. Both

While I do not agree with the paragraph about trade secrets because that would represent compelled speach I agree that copyright and patents are noxious. Both have been innefective at promoting innovation through disincentivising trade secrets. The most precious knowledge is not released and copyrighted and patented. It is still kept a secret. If they were effective we would be living in a world dominated by shared source instead of binary blobs and obfuscation. Without copyright and patents, trade secrets are the main protection mechanism but at the same time reverse engineering is not restricted in any way.