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> Intellectual property laws (copyright, patents and trade secrets) were 
> formulated to protect the originators of ideas and information.

>From the GNU's Bulletin, vol. 1 no. 4:

[RMS quotes the Supreme Court decision in Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal]

"The immediate effect of our copyright law is to secure a fair return
for an `author's' creative labor.  But the ultimate aim is, by this
incentive, to stimulate artistic creativity for the general public
good.  `The sole interest of the United States and the primary object
in conferring the [copyright] monopoly,' this Court has said, `lie in
the general benefits derived by teh public from the labors of authors.'"

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