Questioning the legality of "Intellectual Property"?

You should already know what IP is, so I am skipping to the next step.

Is it legal? I know that people want to make $$$, but I also want a mansion? I know people work hard to create ideas, but are we reaching a day where it is becoming illegal to think certain thoughts? You can't really own thoughts, can you, or if you can, we may as well all become robots?

You can own physical property & sell, & I believe stealing is wrong. I also am aware that the recording industry failed with sharing is stealing, so they switched to "Piracy is wrong" and people think of Piracy = Stealing.

Sure, piracy is stealing. But sharing is NOT stealing. It is sharing. Sure, it is easy to make billions of copies. But so is billions of people thinking "identical" thoughts!

What if someone patents "I love you, honey!" No-one is able to say I love you anymore?

This is getting ridiculous! I never thought we would have a society afraid to think because their ideas are "Owned"?

I'd love to have your thoughts!

I think you should go to Law School. However, I would argue with reapect to IP, that there is a fine line between thinking a thought and where that thought begins to become a relaity, and when it steps toward reality it can be considered an idea that can be "stolen."

I'll bet you would! ;0P

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