I guess the civil system (private lawsuits) is failing to protect intellectual property interests? Who holds those interests? The taxpayer? The government? Business entities?
Why not give the grants to businesses who are trying to protect their IP? Or to ones that are seeking to create IP and register it?
Supposedly, as the article states, this sort of capital allocation is supposed to forward the goal of promoting creativity.
But I'm not sure people will cease to be creative simply because others won't be prosecuted for alleged IP violations. But maybe they won't make as much money? Perhaps a clearer goal, instead of "protecting creativity", could be stated, such as "protecting revenue streams of businesses that produce and register IP (via fees paid to government)." As we've seen such businesses are not always the most creative. In many cases they are just the most prolific filers for IP registrations.
Creativity existed long before the legal fiction of intellectual property.
Why not give the grants to businesses who are trying to protect their IP? Or to ones that are seeking to create IP and register it?
Supposedly, as the article states, this sort of capital allocation is supposed to forward the goal of promoting creativity.
But I'm not sure people will cease to be creative simply because others won't be prosecuted for alleged IP violations. But maybe they won't make as much money? Perhaps a clearer goal, instead of "protecting creativity", could be stated, such as "protecting revenue streams of businesses that produce and register IP (via fees paid to government)." As we've seen such businesses are not always the most creative. In many cases they are just the most prolific filers for IP registrations.
Creativity existed long before the legal fiction of intellectual property.