Topic: We should abolish intellectual property rights
intellectual property rights stymies the sharing of information for growth.
intellectual property rights support the ring-fencing and hoarding of valuable data, to the detriment of an open society and the benefit of consumers as a whole.
intellectual property rights supports the idea of exclusivity to a concept or idea.  limiting what others can do with a similar idea is not fair and should not be supported.
intellectual property rights takes away competitive pricing and should be abolished for that reason.
intellectual property should be everyone's to enjoy.
intellectual property slows the dissemination of essential information and products
intellectual rights are important because they provide incentives for those who do artistic or research work
inventors should be protected from people copying their ideas.
ip rights cause stagnation in the market
ip rights enable large corporations to have a stranglehold over creators designs and work and should be abolished
ip rights safeguard medical advancement so other countries won't profit off of their discoveries
ip rights should be abolished as their original use has long since been abandoned in favour of large organisations abusing their legal powers with them.
ip should remain and/or be reformed, as they offer essential legal and commercial protections for the inventors or rights holders.
it allows for companies to build their brand and create a better company
it allows others to steal and profit from someone else's creation.
it can be expensive to maintain property rights and therefore it should be abolished so that everyone has an even chance.
it gives more people an opportunity to improve a product already on that market without worrying about copyright infringement.
it is essential that people who put effort into inventions should reap the rewards without their ideas being stolen
it is just too hard to enforce & not worth the time & money
it is only fair that a person or company that created something should have protections against those that want to make money off of another's hard work.
it is too difficult to police intellectual property rights so should be abolished to focus resources elsewhere.
it is unfair if two people come up with something at the same time, that if one gets to the patent office first the other can't use their idea
it is very difficult to ascertain who owns particular intellectual property rights, for example with classical music or popular songs such as "happy birthday".
it is very difficult to define and identify and intellectual property.
it is wrong to abolish intellectual property rights because you are basically telling people that their thoughts and ideas are not their own.
it keeps others from infringing  on patented ideas
it makes no sense to trademark creativity.
it shouldn't be banned because it can help new companies have a chance to get their foot on the ladder without bigger companies trying to overtake them.
itellectual property rights can possibly prevent other people from improving upon the ideas that someone else came up with originally.  it stunts the possible growth that can exist.