[Arelius]

Also, the problem with copyrights disappearing regarding software, is that it may not help innovation much. Without copyright we still don't get source, and things that were protected by copyright are just now protected by secrecy. I imagine a lot of proprietary software would just continue the push into software as a service, with large blocks of important code never leaving the walls of the data center.

[Arelius]

And also keep in mind, if you are a GPL supporter, without copyright suddenly the license looses it's teeth. And can now be included in proprietary products.

It may not be ultimately bad. But I feel it's a fair bit less obvious than patents.