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Other libertarian proponents of IP argue that certainideas deserve protection as property rights because theyare created. Rand supported patents and copyrights as “thelegal implementation of the base of all property rights: aman’s right to the product of his mind.” For Rand, IPrights are, in a sense, the reward for productive work. It isonly fair that a creator reap the benefits of others using hiscreation. For this reason, in part, she opposes perpetualpatent and copyright—because future, unborn heirs of theoriginal creator are not themselves responsible for the creationof their ancestors’ work.