It's like we're repeating an old era of the early United States when every guy on a street corner would be copying reputable wares and selling them without regu

It's like we're repeating an old era of the early United States when every guy on a street corner would be copying reputable wares and selling them without regulation, patent protections, brand / trademark protections, and people were hawking quack snake oil under any name. I'm all for reducing useless regulation, but sometimes you understand where it originally came from as a legitimate need.