<< Why would those things go away? I think that is because, overall, the human nature does not change that much. << Open source is no different, here. Or are

<< Why would those things go away? I think that is because, overall, the human nature does not change that much. << Open source is no different, here. Or are you suggesting that non-open-source copyrighted material (code or otherwise) is protected by keeping the "source" (or equivalent) secret? Good luck making money on that blockbuster movie if you don't dare show it to anyone, or that novel if you don't dare let people read it. You may be conflating several different media types and we don't even know what the lawsuit tea leaves will tell us about that kind of visual/audio IP. As far as code goes, I think most companies have already shown how they protect themselves from 'open' source code.