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Date Posted: 19:03:09 03/25/04 Thu
Author: Scott Bradford
Subject: Re: Myths about Copyright
In reply to: Dr. Finn 's message, "Myths about Copyright" on 06:54:47 03/25/04 Thu

Reading through the myths, I found two of them (which are loosely related) quite interesting --

"Intellectual property is an ancient principle" and "Without intellectual property, no one will produce original work."

I didn't realize that the earliest intellectual property laws were in 1623. I had always figured that the concept and laws related to it were much older.

The explanation of the second myth I reference said, "Given that intellectual property law made its debut in 1623, we may correctly consider any work produced before this time to dispell the myth. Man created for millenia before the advent of intellectual property; he will create for many more millenia after it is abandoned."

That raises the question -- how would things be different today if we simply got rid of intellectual property law (copyright, patents, trademark, etc.)? Do you think that people would still create? Would companies still be able to market their products successfully without being able to protect their name and symbols, or even their product itself?

Something to think about ...

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