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	mullf	2009-04-15 , 16:07
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man

In some ways it is dated. Which is why it has to be updated once in a while.

Which is one of the geniuses of the Constitution, that it provides for updating. Feel free to lobby for an amendment eliminating patents and copyrights if you want.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man

As for incentive, the same reason why scientists continue to do work. Name recognition.

But they get paid for their work. Try offering them a contract saying they have to pay for all their research on their own without salary and others can use it without paying them anything for it.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man

Not to mention your ignoring the fact that before patents even existed that inventions were always being created.

You think the rate of technological advance was the same then as it is now? Besides, there was not modern economy back then. And don't forget what the promise of a monetary reward played in solving the longitude problem.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man

So who really created the idea first? It goes back to the idea of paper.

That's only a problem in the United States. All other countries have patent rights to first inventor to file, not first inventor to invent.

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