This is ridiculous hyperbole and takes my point too literally. Copyright law is there because we want creative work to be possible to sell on the free market. Patents are there because we want inventors to be able to have incentives to invent. As flawed as they are, they are not "socialism."
As a society we get to decide, as pg says, what property is. This is a roundabout way of saying we get to decide what endeavors can be profitable, by attributing property-dust to their creations and protecting them by force of law. I think most people would agree it's in everyone's interest if we can structure the economy and laws so people who create things such as music have the opportunity to make a profit.
As a society we get to decide, as pg says, what property is. This is a roundabout way of saying we get to decide what endeavors can be profitable, by attributing property-dust to their creations and protecting them by force of law. I think most people would agree it's in everyone's interest if we can structure the economy and laws so people who create things such as music have the opportunity to make a profit.