> >Copyright and IP rights are legalized theft from the > >public of a idea or piece of work. > > So obtaining a few million of investment to create a > cure for a cancer, and patenting that cure in order to > ensure re-payment of that investment is theft from the > public? Even though that return on investment will > likely motivate others to invest in other cancer > projects? > > Perhaps you need to be a victim of cancer before you > respect biotech.
Perhaps you need to be a poor victim of cancer, and then not be able to afford the medicine you need due to patents, before you see that IP is often evil. This is pretty much the situation in Africa, where HIV-ridden countries are violating patents from US companies so that their citizens don't die left and right. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
