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Re: copyright and patent laws are killing innovation ..
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Robin T Cox |
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Re: copyright and patent laws are killing innovation .. |
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Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:53:39 GMT |
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Doug Mentohl wrote:
> Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine, two leading economists from the
> Washington University in St. Louis, believe that the time has come for
> patents and copyright to disappear as pieces of legislation from the
> laws of all countries ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Copyright-and-Patent-Laws-Are-Killing-Innovation-106242.shtml
Surely such legislation is a form of economic protectionism that's at odds
with the realities of a global market. In essence, such legislation is a
simply a way of cheating the other players in the global market.
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