It really frustrates me that anyone still thinks patents are a good idea. http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/11/nest-buys-protection-licenses-patents-from-intellectual-ventures-to-fight-honeywell-others/ …
@TynanSylvester @mxcl @raiganburns Just public funding. Patents are a way of public back-funding - ie., soak the populace with a monopoly.
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@TynanSylvester@mxcl@raiganburns Taxes are the opposite option, they front-fund. You can use them to back-fund too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prizes_as_an_alternative_to_patents …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@TynanSylvester@mxcl@raiganburns It's just, "people hate taxes and love capitalism!", right, so patents are always chosen as the model. -
@cmuratori@mxcl@raiganburns Could work for drugs. But everywhere? Youd need a standing prize for every possible invention that could exist - Show replies
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