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by christophilus 1592 days ago
> copyright and patents

Which are arguably a government-imposed regulatory capture whose disfunction causes the market to be less free. So, it sounds like the two of you kind of agree?

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Copyrights and patents are exactly as much government-imposed regulatory capture as any other legal property rights are.
Before there was courts, it was finders keepers.

Imagine the destruction that would cause.