[GlenBarrington]

As a producer of what is described as intellectual property (photography, computer software), I think the whole idea of intellectual property is not only dying, but is becoming increasingly unenforceable.

DRM is really just an effort to continue the concept of IP. It is ultimately doomed to fail for no other reason than to be effective, it has to be inconvenient enough that it isn't worth the effort of copying. And at some point, the inconvenience will outweigh the desire to use the qualities the intellectual property represents.

We need a different way to encourage people to produce what we now describe as intellectual property. As a political conservative, I LIKE capitalism (and the US Constituion-as much a world treasure in my mind as the US Declaration of Independence. If you haven't read either one, look them up, they are both very short and very understandable to modern readers ).

Maybe we need to broaden our definition of just what Capitalism is.

Money isn't the only way to quantify self interest. Maybe we aren't looking granularly enough. Maybe we are stopping at money as the primary motivator just because that is what we are used to. Maybe there are other motivators just as effective and easier to manage in a digital age.