A work of creative fiction can also be innovative, but does this mean that books should be patentable? Whilst it may benefit large companies who can afford to

A work of creative fiction can also be innovative, but does this mean that books should be patentable? Whilst it may benefit large companies who can afford to spend money on lawyers, patenting software is as foolish and harmful to the industry as patenting books. One thing's for sure and that's that software patents do not benefit startups or independent software contractors. Reducing the length of applicability of software patents does not reduce their harm. Seven years in a fast moving business like software may as well be eternity.