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Article #65Competition v. Monopoly (was Re: The future of comp.patents
From: Edward Reid
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 10:48
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 10:48
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Steven P. Skabrat writes: > For 99.99999% of the US population what is important is that when someone > creates or invents something, the inventor can protect that creation > through the legal process so that others don't steal the result of his > ingenuity. Apart from many other problems in Skabrat's claims, this statement is simply not true. 90% of the US population couldn't care less whether inventors are protected. They care whether useful products reach the consumers. A sound, neutral survey would probably find the great majority preferring competition over protection. Should we eliminate patents entirely to mollify a casually involved majority? Edward Reid (8-}> eel: ed@titipu.meta.com or nosc.mil!titipu.meta.com!ed snail: PO Box 378/Greensboro FL 32330
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!cluster!ed@titipu.meta.com From: ed@titipu.meta.com (Edward Reid) Newsgroups: comp.patents Subject: Competition v. Monopoly (was Re: The future of comp.patents Message-ID: <4689@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> Date: 15 Apr 92 10:48:35 GMT Sender: news@cluster.cs.su.oz.au Organization: Metalogic Lines: 17 Approved: patents@cs.su.oz.au X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.9b1 Content-Type: text Content-Length: 785