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Patent Attorney On Why We Need To Rethink Intellectual Property

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the undermining-from-the-inside dept.

Techdirt called our attention to an interesting video of patent attorney Stephan Kinsella's presentation on 'Rethinking Intellectual Property Completely.' It's a long presentation, but well worth the time to watch. There is also an ongoing series of posts discussing intellectual property rights on Techdirt for additional reading.

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  1. For those of you looking for it ... by NotBornYesterday · · Score: 5, Informative

    article & bigger video can be found here

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  2. Re:Mod Down! by penix1 · · Score: 3, Informative
    For the both of you....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

    From 1956 to 1962, approximately 10,000 children were born with severe malformities, including phocomelia, because their mothers had taken thalidomide during pregnancy.In 1962, in reaction to the tragedy, the United States Congress enacted laws requiring tests for safety during pregnancy before a drug can receive approval for sale in the U.S.Other countries enacted similar legislation, and thalidomide was not prescribed or sold for decades.


    And from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic#Antibiotic_resistance

    The problem of antibiotic resistance is made more widespread when antibiotics are used to treat disorders in which they have no efficacy, such as the common cold or other viral complaints, and when they are used broadly as prophylaxis rather than treatment (as in, for example, animal feeds), because this exposes more bacteria to selection for resistance.


    The FDA exists to test and approve drugs to prevent tragedies such as the thalidomide and similar as well as to set usage policy to prevent future abuse of a drug. They are the balancing act between pharmaceutical advertisers pushing not only doctors but patients to demand specific drugs and the health and safety of the drug using public. In many cases, they are the only defense a patient has against the constant push for that magic bullet pill...
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  3. Re:Old concept in a new world by JPLemme · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's called "survivor bias", and you make a fair point.