Funny to read such a comment while the US government is busy trying to keep a 5-10 years advantage in microchip manufacturing over China, and so far they may ha

Funny to read such a comment while the US government is busy trying to keep a 5-10 years advantage in microchip manufacturing over China, and so far they may have succeeded simply by blocking one machine manufacturer (ASML). A company like NVIDIA makes money by being 1-2 years ahead of the competition. Even if patents and copyright didn't exist at all, NVIDIA would push an innovative new chip to the market and the competition would take years to replicate it. NVIDIA wouldn't lose anything of significance. This is very common across all industries and indeed there's zero evidence that intellectual property has any effect on encouraging innovation. See "Against intellectual monopoly". http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm