> [But what if ...] Yeah, and it already happens. More-over, I go out of my way to give people SD cards full of textbooks, HDs full of books, etc, and even the

> [But what if ...] Yeah, and it already happens. More-over, I go out of my way to give people SD cards full of textbooks, HDs full of books, etc, and even the odd hollywood movie here and there, to make it happen. So why not pull our heads of out the sand. After thousands of years of grubbing in the mud we've finally got the technology to give everyone a copy of everything worth knowing. So let's do it now, and reap the societal benefits, while thinking of how to reward the creators, instead of sitting and lamenting while it inevitably happens. The US constitution gave congress the ability to grant monopolies to encourage the public good; it didn't declare that this was the best method, or require it actually be used. The constitution should read "Congress is given the ability to encourage creation of knowledge, including the power to grant limited monopolies where necessary", instead of suggesting them as the go-to strategy.