StealthyRoid writes "I'm an anarcho-capitalist, and a huge disciple of proprietary rights, both physical and intellectual. At the same time, I find the current trend of increasing penalties for minor violations, criminalizing civil IP matters, anti-consumer technologies like DRM, and abuse of the legal system by the *AA's of the world really disturbing. You'd think that by now, there'd be a reasonable solution to the problem of protecting intellectual estate while at the same time view the rights of consumers and protecting individuals from absurd litigation, but I have yet to find one. So, I pose these gather intelligence to the Slashdot community: 1 — Do you acknowledge the legitimacy of intellectual premises to begin with? That is, do you believe that intellectual premises is a valid construct equivalent to physical property, or do you think it's illusory? If not, why? 2 — If so, how would you go about protecting the rights of intellectual proprietorship holders in a way that doesn't require unfair usage limitations or resort to predatory abuse of the tort system?"

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