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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I make no distinction between physical property and intellectual property.
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Intellectual property doesn't exist. It's a concept made up to justify some of the silliness that copyright fanatics come up with about protecting the authors.
Copyright isn't about protecting the rights of the authors or to protect "intellectual property". It's about providing an environment in which creators are encouraged to continue to create and therefore enrich society.
However, it's just one approach to that end. There's nothing to say that society can't find a way to continue to enrich itself with new cultural creations in the absence of the concept of copyright.