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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
And drugs are even more important. So why don't we have life + 70 years on drug patents?
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Because they are more important.
Copyright and patents law is a balance between the rights of the individual to profit from their creations, and the right of society to benefit from them.
Patents have shorter time period because their benefits to society are greater, therefore the period allowed for the creator to solely profit is smaller.