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Software intellectual property is (for better or worse) primarily enshrined in patents, which have a limited exclusive lifetime.

The content industry’s intellectual property is primarily enshrined in copyright, whose exclusive lifetime greatly outstrips most human lifespans.

It’s not contradictory to be for the first and against the second.

Are you for software patents?

I find it more palatable to be for copyright than for software patents.

No, I’m personally against all forms of intellectual property but that’s far outside the mainstream.

The position I describe above is consistent, though. And widely held.

It is interesting to read about the origin of copyright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright