Why would you bother to spend years inventing something if other people can just steal your idea? http://reason.com/archives/2015/01/28/intellectual-property-law-maybe-outdated … #Ideas
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@atommorgan@FBNStossel Then it doesn't belong to me then. If I invent a better mousetrap, you say you can profit from it too? -
@ckenthenson@FBNStossel No, because it's your better version of a mousetrap. -
@atommorgan@FBNStossel And you can manufacture it and market it without paying me? -
@ckenthenson@FBNStossel To say I couldn't would be infringing on my rights to combine raw materials into an output. -
@atommorgan@FBNStossel As long as you don't profit from it, I would agree. Property rights are essential to the free market. -
@ckenthenson@FBNStossel Yes, property rights are essential to a free market. But this doesn't include ideas. Ideas are not scarce. -
@atommorgan@FBNStossel True. But ideas that work are! LOL.
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