What I realized when I read this article, and the "Why I Will Not Sign the Public Domain Manifesto" in your 'What We're Reading' section, was the term intellectual property sustains a double standard. The rights holders "own" the content, but when they sell it to you, you don't "own" that copy. If it really was property, you should be able to do what you want with it, such as resell or modify it. Yet the rights holders don't want that to happen. If anything, open source is closer to property than closed content.
"Would it benefit business leaders--or just employees?"
Would it hurt business leaders much? Opening up salaries would make them more fair and less arbitrary.