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It's difficult to say where the fault lies. I would rather live in a world of patents than not, if we insist on sticking to the idea of not forcing research and discoveries into the public domain. What would have prevented this particular case?
you've created a false dichotomy. the question isn't whether patents could create net public good... depending on the implementation they could. but the current system in the US, which it forces on the rest of us via trade agreements, is completely bonkers. this is the fact: the public in countries where copyrights and patents are granted have voluntarily given up their prerogative to copy or implement a work or an i…
Just FYI, the "big money" lobbyists in Washington are largely in favor of crippling the patent system. Large companies are generally the ones sued for infringement, usually by smaller companies.