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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
While true, one must also remember that society allowed him to do so. If the society decided intellectual property wasn't worth protecting, the guy who created something new perhaps doesn't get the worth of what he created.
Basically, individuals don't exist in a vacuum. The society is instrumental in their creation of wealth, from the workers who help him create the wealth, to the rules of society that protect his innovations from theft by others.
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I see where you are going and agree with it, but I think that is a different debate. We're moving from economics into more of the social/ethical/moral values when we start talking about intellectual property, societal laws that provide for innovation, etc., etc.