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Originally Posted by Warhammer
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.
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All of that's tied up into economics. There are few wealthy musicians without intellectual property laws. Same goes for drug and software companies. The society has agree that individuals making those contributions should be able to amass wealth if possible. Given the importance of patents to industry you can probably trace a huge percentage of wealth to patent and intellectual property law.