IP is designed to preserve the status quo - for rich countries to remain rich and for poor countries to remain poor. That's why every country that successfully

IP is designed to preserve the status quo - for rich countries to remain rich and for poor countries to remain poor. That's why every country that successfully moved from poor to rich - did so by ignoring patents and other forms of IP. Philosophical arguments make no difference, money talk. If you're poor you can't get rich without using other people's IP for free. So you will. If you're rich you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by supporting strict IP laws - so you will.