Who is going to spend a lot of time and money creating something if others can just copy their product freely without paying them a dime? IP isn't necessary for things that cost little to create but for other things that requires large investment its either IP or a government has to fund the development of those products.
The people who have taken control of your mind would have other people believe that the basis of intellectual property laws is a desire to enable more creativity, when the opposite is true. Your mind and thinking have been co opted by a powerful lobby and you are, in effect, a zombie.
George Orwell would have a field day.
Do you really believe that companies and individuals will stop inventing things if intellectual property laws are given their proper place?
Will the best singers and artists really say "Well, I guess I will quit singing/creating and get a job pumping gas?
Intellectual property thinking leads to mediocrity, and America is starting to excel at that, if nothing else.