I agree that patents are very broken, but I think that copyright and patents are different for these reasons: 1) Patents can cover broad topics. Copyright does

I agree that patents are very broken, but I think that copyright and patents are different for these reasons: 1) Patents can cover broad topics. Copyright doesn't have a similar standard (from what I've seen). You can't just copyright all images of a sunset, but your specific image can be copyrighted. See the EFFs article for examples of broad patents: https://www.eff.org/issues/resources-patent-troll-victims https://www.eff.org/issues/resources-patent-troll-victims 2) Patents have a complex application process. Copyright shouldn't require this level of complexity as the technology exists to detect similar or exact copies and can be streamlined for everyone (think of a simple web form with your information, copy of the work, etc).