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> It seems to me that the US patent law is a system for transferring money from those who actually do stuff to those who don't. This is not surprising from an
by luriel 14y ago
> It seems to me that the US patent law is a system for transferring money from those who actually do stuff to those who don't.
This is not surprising from an economic point of view once you realize that the patent system is basically a system of government granted monopolies.
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- honzzz 14y agoBut that "system of government granted monopolies" was supposed to channel money to those who create stuff, not from them. The problem with patent law is not that its government granted monopoly but that it's granted to those who do not bring anything to society and is used against those who do.