2/ I suspect that there's a Laffer-esque curve to this. Current copyright is far too long, for example. But no copyright, or 1 year of copyright would probably result in far fewer movies, books, and videogames being created.
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3/ Allowing an innovator to profit from their investment in engineering R&D is "arbitary" and "parasitic" ?
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4/ No, no, not abolishing them at all! Just ... abolishing 95% of the duration, and perhaps 99.5% of the utility, given that patented inventions are often selling at a loss / finding their market in their first few years they're for sale.https://twitter.com/averykimball/status/1151822948035993601 …
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"If you want more <x> lower the costs due to arbitrary parasitism."

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The Chinese are arbitrary parasites.
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Copyrights used to have the same term as a patent - twenty years. Current copyright terms are ridiculously excessive.
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