@TynanSylvester @mxcl @raiganburns They aren't essential. They're one possible solution to problems in certain domains, but not a good one.
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@cmuratori@mxcl@raiganburns I'm curious what alternative possible solutions you're thinking of. Got a link?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TynanSylvester@mxcl@raiganburns Just public funding. Patents are a way of public back-funding - ie., soak the populace with a monopoly.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@mxcl@raiganburns Could work for drugs. But everywhere? Youd need a standing prize for every possible invention that could exist1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TynanSylvester@mxcl@raiganburns No no - I mean patents would go away entirely, and pharma would be pub. funded.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TynanSylvester@mxcl@raiganburns I don't think you need government intervention anywhere else.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@mxcl@raiganburns Ok. I think there are non-drug things that need to be patentable. eg new jet engine designs. Not thermostats.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@TynanSylvester@mxcl@raiganburns But why would you need to patent new jet engine designs?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@mxcl@raiganburns Good book on early patents fueling the development of steam engines: http://www.mostpowerfulidea.com/1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@TynanSylvester @mxcl @raiganburns It is far from sure whether we'd have had better steam engines _without_ patents: http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/do-patents-encourage-or-hinder-innovation-the-case-of-the-steam-engine#axzz2ehgABpO0 …
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@mxcl@raiganburns Interesting article. I do think 31 years was too long for old Watt.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@cmuratori@mxcl@raiganburns ...but steam was developed in basically the only (and first) country on Earth with a patent system.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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