We actually have a bunch of examples since there are many industries which don't have the ability to obtain copyright monopolies or patents (or either). Here's

We actually have a bunch of examples since there are many industries which don't have the ability to obtain copyright monopolies or patents (or either). Here's a good list (I hope you'll excuse the libertarian source): http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Without_Intellectual_Property http://wiki.mises.org/wiki/Without_Intellectual_Property People are making money today doing creating intellectual products without the benefit of copyrights and patents, and they're some of the highest margin industries out there.