Hold up. Patents are not copyrights. Copywriting is not copyrighting. And within patents themselves, software patents are not the same as hardware patents.
Figure out what your point really is and then we can get back to beating you over the head.
Oh I didn't realize it's spelled like that. Copyright definitely makes more sense.
I'm not sure exactly what my point is. For physical patents, I find it very "mean" to say you own the rights to make this product just because you thought of the idea. Although this is most probably much more complicated to not allow. Like what would happen to people researching medicines (aka - discovering, not thinking of the idea) But I'm still not fully convinced.
And then copyrighting software, I don't think of it as mean, just that we would end up with the same results eventually.
Now hang on while I get my helmet.