If it's too free, nobody will do the research because they'll get scooped by copycats while everyone will claim to have a cure because they'll already have the

If it's too free, nobody will do the research because they'll get scooped by copycats while everyone will claim to have a cure because they'll already have the customer's money by the time their fraud is discovered. Freedom is a good default and a good guiding principle, but it's a terrible absolute principle.