IP laws were created to encourage innovation, but have perverted to the point where now they are mostly used by people hoping to suppress it or seek rent from o

IP laws were created to encourage innovation, but have perverted to the point where now they are mostly used by people hoping to suppress it or seek rent from others' work. Patent duration should be shortened to 10 years or less. Copyright duration should be shortened to 5 years or less. The digital age is moving faster than the people who wrote these laws anticipated.