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No, it is a tax on a government granted monopoly on concepts that the grantee may or may not have come up with.

• Dracophoenix 5y ago
  Not all IP requires government enforcement.
  • kstrauser 5y ago
    I'm having a hard time thinking of any form of IP that doesn't require government enforcement. Can you give an example?
    • Dracophoenix 5y ago
      Trade secrets.
      • mcguire 5y ago
        That was the approach prior to the invention of intellectual property. It has problems.
      • goodpoint 5y ago
        That's not IP, by definition.