> such projects would easily be funded You must mean publicly funded, which I don't dispute. > the economy would be a multiple of its current size Why? I hav

> such projects would easily be funded You must mean publicly funded, which I don't dispute. > the economy would be a multiple of its current size Why? I haven't heard reasoning presented in this thread as to why the negative consequence of removing incentive for private capital to invest in research doesn't outweigh the positive consequence of fostering an IP commons that can be leveraged by everyone. Maybe you can lay out the case for that. Isn't it the best to have a middle ground where the worst parts of IP protection (e.g patent duration and insulin prices) are tamed, and the beneficial parts are kept (e.g. not letting people take wholesale another company's codebase, and allowing private ownership of movie rights for at least 5-10 years)?