does copyright encourage or hinder?

Property rights as a means to encourage individuals to produce information. A powerful slogan, but is it that simple? Based on Boyle's article, this idea is well founded and supported through examples and logical thought. However, in many respects the principles of copyright promote more than just the process of encouragement. Sometimes if not properly balanced, it can create a propensity to harbor ideas until there is some transaction of compensation. The process of reciprocation is not what is worrisome, but merely the ability to grossly capitalize on this reciprocation in such a way that it can become unfair to one of the interacting parties. While it is important to protect the creator of a work, it is also just as important to protect the access to information. Although copyright can aid in preserving the integrity of a work or idea, this same protection can work against the expression of the idea by limiting it to a certain criteria group or making it difficult to expand past a large monopolized entity.