There are many competing nations. If one can outlaw artificial scarcity, they will grow so much faster than the others that eventually they will take over.

I predict we will either have a world without Intellectual Property or we will have a global government that enforces Intellectual Property laws.

I'm convinced the future will have IP, that the IP houses will use AI to generate an infinite number of properties, copyright them, and use them to rob blind any creator daring enough to try something ;p