But there are high costs associated with intellectual property. Ideas are the most important input into research, and if intellectual property slows down the ability to use others’ ideas, then scientific and technological progress will suffer.
如果没有知识产权的保护，会从一定程度上削弱某些人从事特定类型的创造性研究的积极性。但与知识产权相关的代价也不容忽视。创意是科学研究最重要的源泉，而如果知识产权使利用他人创意速度的放缓，那么科学和技术进步会为此蒙受损失。