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To: SeeSharp
So slower dissemination of information is good? Lets turn off the Internet then.

Not sure how you got that. Difficulty of transportation and slower diffusion of ideas lessens the value of IP protection because if you have a great idea and produce a product in your corner of the globe, you will NOT have competition from China any time soon. Those same conditions make enforcement of IP protection so expensive as to be prohibitive.

It just wasn't needful.

Limited IP protection is a good thing because it encourages people to innovate in order to claim the benefits of that golden time of monopoly. Just because a little of something is good, doesn't mean more is better. Eventually you cross some line of balance and get a paradoxical effect.

119 posted on 05/31/2013 4:21:14 PM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police canÂ’t solve a problem with brute force, theyÂ’ll find a way to fix it with brute forc)
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To: Valpal1
Just because a little of something is good, doesn't mean more is better. Eventually you cross some line of balance and get a paradoxical effect.

You've begged the question. If there is a line then where is it? How do you know three year drug patents were wrong and thirty year patents are right? Remember the thirty year term was bough by the Pharmaceuticals industry with campaign contributions. So what's the formula? How long is long enough? Why can't you say?

120 posted on 05/31/2013 5:38:32 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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