Patents and copyright are two quite different things. I think there's a case to be made for both, but equally it's fair to say both have also been abused. I th

Patents and copyright are two quite different things. I think there's a case to be made for both, but equally it's fair to say both have also been abused. I think your perspective on them likely depends largely on your view-point - if you are just a consumer the you're likely against them, if you are z creator you are likely for them. For example I don't hold patents, so I think software patents are absurd. On the other hand I write commercial software (distributed as source code) so copyright is the only thing that stops others selling my code [1]. If I invented something though, like say an air-fryer I can see the value I patenting that to protect my investment as I pour time and resources into the development. Before writing off the system as a whole, it's probably best to understand both advantages and disadvantages, and also consider multiple points of view (creators, consumers, little guy, big guy and so on.) [1] copyright doesn't stop people copying it. But it does stop others from overtly selling my code, in my market space. For big customers it provides a solid legal "why we should pay for this" argument as failure to do so might result in legal penalties. In other words copyright does enough to ensure I get paid enough to create for this space. Which is (I think) anything gain.