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Old 02-25-2010, 12:57 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by zerospinboson View Post
I've just finished Against Intellectual Monopoly, a very interesting book that tries to show the reader (using lots of historical examples) that the idea that "patents foster innovation" is horribly misguided, because patent protection almost always becomes relevant only decades after an industry has already proven it can thrive without those protections.

Interesting. Did you feel it made its case or not?
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