Abolish Copyright & Patents to Save the Economy


	Abolish Copyright & Patents to Save the Economy

Djiezes

3-10-2009 11:13 AM

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copyright, economy, intellectual property, ip, patents

Djiezes says:

Patent and copyright law are stifling innovation and threatening the global economy. The current patent and copyright system should be abolished in order to unleash innovations necessary to reverse the current recession and rescue the economy.

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