&gt;patent and copyright restriction is a HUGE rent. Even more so now that we&#x27;re first-to-file and not first-to-invent.<p>Technically to consider it a rent the copyright holder would not be producing anything, which just isn&#x27;t true.  Well, not for patents on genuine inventions.<p>The same is true for financial services.  They <i>do</i> provide a service for the money.