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This may sound too extreme and unpopular but I am against any form of intellectual property, period. I honestly believe the world without legal enforcement of IP rights would be a better world.



What incentivizes developing new ways of doing things, then?


There is a theory that the advantage comes from being the first-mover with a technology before your competition can adopt it. So innovation doesn't create a moat but short-term monetary benefits for your business.

There are benefits and drawbacks to both systems but society innovated for thousands of years before there was IP law to guide us.




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