There are many reasons to protect intellectual property; allowing the creator to get credit/compensation, economic reasons, business reasons. You also look are some arguments against intellectual property. What do you think? Is intellectual property necessary and good? Is it too strict? Are there certain instances that you may disagree with? Have you thought about intellectual property issues in pop culture (Disney extending the copyright time, Taylor Swift rereleasing her music, authors like JK Rowling adding or changing canon through interviews and twitter