Thread: Petition to reduce US copyright to 28 years
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Old 07-17-2012, 10:47 AM   #337
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Originally Posted by tubemonkey View Post
And drugs are even more important. So why don't we have life + 70 years on drug patents?
It sounds like you're arguing for a shorter period for copyright.

We could have life+70 for patents, but the purpose of patent is so that others can build on the technology when the period of exclusivity expires.
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