Hello

I absolutely agree with you that copyright is ridiculous. It is a product of greed. And I also agree that open sourcing makes development much faster and more productive. (Just look what open sourcing has brought about in software development)

I believe that one can earn money from ideas which may pop into his/her mind but, I don't think that one can privatize an idea or own it. No one owns anything and everything belongs to Almighty God.

Patenting and ownership has gone too far, and maybe someone will own our genes in the future, who knows!! Some corporations have started patenting seeds!

See
Legal:To Patent or Not to Patent a Free Energy Technology - PESWiki

Elias