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Originally Posted by leebase
Copying books would not be against the law...even if folks easily flout the law now. Imagine how wonderful it would be if we didn't need PirateBay and the like. Just nice and convenient sites like Napster used to be.
Also, no need to pay authors royalties to use their books as material to make movies. Anybody gets to write and rewrite the works as they see fit. George Lucas would no longer have tyrannical control over the Star Wars universe.
Same for music.
Lee
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for this entire thought experiment, LB. It makes it clear that IP laws are necessary to the creation and orderly functioning of a market in intellectual goods, exactly like Real Property Rights are necessary to the functioning of an orderly market in RP. And anyone who doesn't understand how markets work, doesn't understand how the economies of modern society work.
When Elfwreck says this:
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There are nations with no copyright laws... and yet they have books, music, art, and research.
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I wonder if these nations are known for their great art, outstanding literature or long list of scientific or technical innovations. I suspect not.