You're right and it is typical of HN that you're getting downvoted for making an argument.... but the ironic thing is, I am pro-IP and I agree with you-- government will never give you freedom. (get rid of government- I'm an anarchist- and you'll still have IP, it will just be enforced with contracts.)
> (get rid of government- I'm an anarchist- and you'll still have IP, it will just be enforced with contracts.)
That's got to be one of the funniest things on HN ever. So, get gid of the government and you will use contracts at the same time?
Contracts can be made between consenting parties and that's all fine and good as long as they both live by the terms. But as soon as one party thinks the other one does not then you will need some mechanism of arbitration, in other words a judicial system. And that sooner or later leads to authority vested in - you've guessed it - a government.
You can't be an anarchist and be pro-IP at the same time, the cognitive dissonance is huge.
