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Old 10-07-2013, 09:42 AM   #187
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I say life plus 10 years or less.

It doesn't seem fair that some corporation spends $billions on developing a drug where the patent lasts only a few years (and this drug saves people's lives so it is pretty important)....but some author writes a book and it is protected by over a hundred years in most cases...doesn't seem fair to me. The patent for the drug should last longer and the protection for the author should be MUCH shorter.
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