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Re: Yahoo joining the patent-suing.. -
11-03-2005
About the only thing that will stop software patents, and other retarded types of patents, is to boycott the companies that make use of and/or lobby governments for patent protection. In addition, governments which bow to lobby groups hve to be thrown out of power.
Patents are not necessarily bad, but the current implementaion sure is. Patent protection lasts far too long, what can be patented is way too broad and general in scope, and patents should not include things which are naturally occuring, such as genetic codes.
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