It is time for compulsary licensing of patents - just like there is with songs. With compsary licensing there would be no need to talk with a patent owner, jus

It is time for compulsary licensing of patents - just like there is with songs. With compsary licensing there would be no need to talk with a patent owner, just pay the license fee. This is how any band can "cover" any song. Congress thought songs were so important to our culture no one person should be able to control them and forced song authors to license their works to anyone who asks.