To celebrate World IP Day, here is a nerdy thread about the theories behind IP that I think explain most (if not all) of the fights over IP we see today. This is about social contract v. natural rights theories. Foundational theories are important. Think about why we imprison people. Is it retribution, rehabilitation, isolating dangerous people, some mix of all three? How we answer changes how we create policies and how we test those policies. Having no answer leads to bad policy.