I think you need to prove your claim that rnd would not work with out strong IP law. or that innovation would stop because of it In reality we have TONS of exa

I think you need to prove your claim that rnd would not work with out strong IP law. or that innovation would stop because of it In reality we have TONS of examples of competition and rnd coming AFTER something loses IP protection Everything from Movies to 3D printers can be cited as examples of this, Countless movies are based on Public Domain characters, books, and other works that have entered the public domain, and there is a strong case to be made that the reason studios keep remaking the same movies is because TONS of creative works are locked up in IP hell, there is a HUGE public domain hole due to increasing copy right lengths For patents, look no further than 3d printers. The tech was there for 20+ years, locked away in various patents. The second those patents expired the industry exploded with innovation and plenty of companies investing all kinds of capital in 3d printers...