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> Again, this is a misunderstanding of how copyrights/patents work. The exact manuscript that Einstein wrote might be copyrightable, You can assume I know ever
by breck 4y ago
> Again, this is a misunderstanding of how copyrights/patents work. The exact manuscript that Einstein wrote might be copyrightable,
You can assume I know everything about how copyright and patent works. I wrote a book on it in the 2000's. I also was a silent coauthor on many patent applications (for an anti-patent troll group). I agree it wasn't extremely clear that I was referring to this book: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Albert+Einstein&bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&fe=on&recentlyadded=all&sortby=1&sts=t&tn=Relativity&x=74&y=8&yrh=1920&yrl=1920 https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Albert+Ein... which I own and I can assure you is in public domain as there are no (c) symbols anywhere, which was a requirement back then (not sure if you knew that?? :P ).
> Which, so far as I can tell has nothing backing it. Do you mind elaborating what specific aspect of copyright law hindered the public from learning about the "dangers of the medication"?
The "media" in this country is controlled and easily bought, because of (c)opyright law which bans most peer 2 peer publishing. Hence, Purdue only has to pay off a few actors to ensure its lies, and not the truth, was the message that got out.
>> Follow this $1M bet for the truth:
> I don't get it.
The debate hasn't happened yet. It's set to happen in February, I believe. It will be the most definitive yet on the net benefit or net harm of the vaccine.
> Ah, so your claim is that if something's gone off patent, then it's in the public domain
My claim is that there are 2 eras in civilization: pre-patent era and post-patent era. Almost all key medicines and inventions in life come from the former era. People never have and never will needs patents to have incentives to innovate. The only group that benefits, are lawyers, who are unable to create value themselves, so have injected themselves as middle men and merely make everything worse for everyone else. Patents are a negative sum game. All they do is destroy economic value and productivity, to deliver revenue to hack lawyers.
- gruez 4y ago>You can assume I know everything about how copyright and patent works. I wrote a book on it in the 2000's. Sorry, but "I wrote a [unnamed] book on it" doesn't quite cut it for me when it comes to credentialism. I'm going to need some actual sources for your claims about copyright. >The "media" in this country is controlled and easily bought, because of (c)opyright law which bans most peer 2 peer publishing. What do you mean by "peer 2 peer publishing"? Information dissemination is easier than ever thanks to the internet. > Hence, Purdue only has to pay off a few actors to ensure its lies, and not the truth, was the message that got out. Clearly that didn't work considering that now we all know about it, and according to wikipedia the story was broken by LA times, a traditional media outlet no less. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma#Controversy >My claim is that there are 2 eras in civilization: pre-patent era and post-patent era. Almost all key medicines and inventions in life come from the former era. I would like to see your methodology on this. Penicillin, for instance was discovered in 1928 which firmly places it in the post-patent era.