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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
More creations have been given to the public during the existence of patent (and copyright) than at any other time in history. Without patent and copyright, there would be a lot less writing and innovation.
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Perhaps, but the key word was "eternal". New inventions are built off what came before. With eternal patents, you can't build off what came before. The purpose of a patent is to give the inventor limited exclusive rights to the invention in exchange for it becoming public domain. You say talk about inventions being "given to the public", but if patent is eternal, nothing is given to the public.
It is the same thing with copyright. Culture and the public domain are the same thing. If copyright became eternal, all of culture would be owned. I do support copyright, but it must be for a "limited time".