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Is it that simple - just copyright over all creations of the mind, no matter how useful they would be to society?
Biology research is currently active discipline. Many farmaceutical corporations put millions into development of new medicines, and if protection of their monopoly was removed, the development would likely cease, so I support such monopoly completely.
On the other hand, there was a news item, at least some months ago, which I tried to dig up presently, but failed, where some government was trying to buy large quantities of a medicine to fight epidemic of a disease. They couldn't afford the prices of the patent holders, so they tried to buy the same compound cheaply, but illegaly produced. The deal was blocked, and the medicine secured and destroyed. Still, the news item might have been a lie, and I'm sure there would be ways to negotiate a deal with patent holders, if political pressure was applied...
So I'm all for giving copyright protection to encourage growth, but on case-by-case basis, not making it look like the natural right of man.
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