Can Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents be Used to Create a Freer World?

Can Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents be Used to Create a Freer World?

"Why would an organization dedicated to open source and free-sharing endorse copyrights, trademarks, or patenting something? Aren’t these legal processes in direct opposition to open source? Isn’t the point to open source sharing to specifically not patent, trademark, or copyright anything? The answer is “no” and this page explains why."