Comment 28261

By Mr. Meister (anonymous) | Posted January 21, 2009 at 11:00:05

The big problem with your argument is that a kit of intellectual property is very expensive to create. A new drug is expensive not because it is expensive to produce once you know how but it is expensive to learn how to make that drug. Microsoft has spent much money on developing its software if you or I can just use it then how can they ever recoup their development costs? Without that ability businesses will be unable to spend money to create new ideas and by extension new products. That's why there is time limit on these rights eventually they do become public domain.

Sometimes it is in our best interests not to enforce the right on our intellectual property. Just ask Sony about how that worked out with their Beta VCR system as compared to releasing the CD technology.

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