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Originally Posted by Double  Do our fellow human beings really need that incentive to be inventfull and artistic? |
No, but research does cost money. To get that capital, and then to develop the idea to the final product, depends on those loaning you the money thinking you might be able to pay it back. How can you pay it back if the moment someone else sees your invention, there are 100 rip-offs out there?
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I think human nature in itself is more than enough to propel the species forward.
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That implies all patents/ideas propel humankind forward. I am not sure how the Shamwow, OxyClean, or Slapchop does that. Or the countless patents on military hardware -- finding new and better ways to cut, slice, and puncture human beings in the name of battle. Or the patents made in the name of 'food' which results in global monopolies such as Monsanto or help promote things like factory farming.
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If it isnt, why try to bring it about artificially with state violence.
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What violence is there in patents? If you violate someone else's patent, nobody shoots you. You can be sued, but that's a civil matter.
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Further more, there is still buisness oppertunity for the original creater, for being first, and the trust it ensures.
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That implies that the people using the new idea will use the version from the original inventor. If there is no patent, how do you even establish who is "first"? And in America, where people can't even find US states on a map, I am not confident they'll remember Mr So-and-so invented this product first and deserves the business more than Mr Secondperson. We don't even buy American products anymore.... and then we wonder why 10-20% of the workforce cannot find a job.
Then money, markets, buyers, loan officers, finance, and the whole concept of generating original ideas are all crazy.
