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by StephenCanis 3792 days ago
Copyright and other protections allow a temporary (maybe not so temporary anymore) monopoly on your exact idea. That's a good way to spur innovation since you reward the people creating those innovations. You could still compete with any of those products and people still do.

I think temporary monopolies are good - permanent monopolies maybe not so much. It's an interesting way to think about capitalism that's for sure.