✦ Thought experiment

What if ideas
belonged to everyone?

We explore a radical thesis: a world without intellectual property. No patents. No copyrights. No trademarks. Just ideas, flowing freely. What would we gain? What would we lose?

Latest articles
Culture Society 2026.04.10

Where is the next "Dark Side of the Moon"?

Streaming didn't steal music. It flattened it. When an album is a playlist and a playlist is background noise — where's the room for a masterpiece?

Economics Technology 2026.04.10

Crystal ball for everyone: what happens when every company is managed by the same AI?

The knowledge base is public. Mental models — open. You and two hundred competitors get the same answer. What happens to competitive advantage?

Economics Society 2026.04.10

Economics of a free world: who profits, who loses, who takes to the streets?

Millions will lose their jobs. The benefits will again go to the wealthiest. History says humanity adapts. The question is: how fast — and at what cost.

Economics 2026.04.10

Which system will be the best if any product can be instantly replicated?

What economic system wins when copying is free? Capitalism? Socialism? Or perhaps something we haven't named yet?

Manifesto vs Counter-Manifesto
M-01

Ideas are not property. They are humanity's common heritage.

K-01

Creating costs money. Copying doesn't. That's a problem, not a virtue.

M-02

Restricting knowledge harms more people than it protects.

K-02

Without reward for creating, no one will create.

M-03

Innovation thrives in openness, not in monopoly.

K-03

Money is a social construct. IP is too. Both work.

About this project

No IP World is a thought experiment. We don't advocate abolishing all intellectual property overnight. We ask you to imagine what would happen if we did. Through essays, analyses, and provocations, we question assumptions that are never questioned.

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