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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Patents are out of control and given out much too freely. We're in dire need of patent reform that restricts what can and can't be patented. I also don't believe names should be allowed to be copyrighted. Need reform here also.
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Presumably than you're okay with patents expiring after 25 years. If I'm right about that, how does it make sense that the "property right" in an idea (in this case, an invention) can expire, but the "property right" in the expression of an idea should be able to last forever?