Wouldn't that open up another problem with people who will exploit no copyright laws, and just steal other peoples ideas?
The idea that we should tolerate "ownership" of ideas in the information age shows just how insidious and malignant the profit motive has grown in our time. We shouldn't even tolerate ownership of bits of earth, let alone
ideas.
Yes, i understand how frustrating it can be knowing that someone "owns an idea", and in some ideal society it would be nonsence to do so, but we live in a capitalist age,
and knowing that it takes money to fund research to bring ideas through trial and error's into a working product, it would be insane to asume that someone wouldnt exploit that.
And without "ownership of bits of earth" you would gain freedom of movement, but there would be alot of people wanting the
same spot under the sun, how would you
regulate that, if not by ownership of some sort ?
cheers