How things would work in a copyright-free universe

The National
Post has a rather HREF=\"http://www.nationalpost.com/financialpost/fpco
mment/story.html?f=/stories/20010126/451319.html\">I
nteresting Story on copyright. Ilana Mercer
says the copyright system shoul be abolished because
there can be no justification for the use of force against
legitimate property owners.

\"And force is, very
plainly, what flows from the enforcement of the law.
Since ideas should not be treated as property, laws that
target those who have not violated person or property
are wrong.\"

I can\'t say I agree or disagree, but it is a very well
thought out argument.