You DID Build That Defending Creative Rights

Mankind has a long history of abusing its greatest innovators. Some were put to death by poison (Socrates), some were burned alive (Joan of Arc), some were assassinated (Gandhi); some were mutilated (the architect of the Taj Mahal); some were forced to deny their ideas and placed under arrest (Galileo); some were sent into exile (Aristotle, Maria Montessori); some merely died alone in poverty (Nicola Tesla).Today's "Progressive" viewpoint was perfectly summarized in Obama's declaration that "You Didn't Build That"--taking the credit away from anyone who every accomplished anything. Even today's "libertarians," normally defenders of free-market individual rights and the value of personal initiative and entrepreneurship, tend to be against the protection (through patents and copyrights) of the rights of inventors and artists.What are the psychological dynamics between the givers and the takers, the creators and the imitators, the benefactors and the abusers? What is the moral basis of creative rights and how can the rights of creators be honored?These questions are answered by "You DID Build That: Defending Creative Rights."