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"The Economist" magazine, issue of Aug 22nd-28th 1992, publishes two
interesting pieces briefly arguing against the current overemphasis on
patents: a leader titled "The harm of patents", and an article titled
"America's patent mania" in the Business section.  The latter is
accompanied by a sidebar titled "Freeware" giving a glittering though
very short look at Cygnus Support's flourishing business.

I believe this material should be saved and hurled into the face of
anybody which, in the future, should attack anti-patent proponents or
arguments as "blue-sky anti-business socialism" or with similar terms
of abuse; "The Economist" can be, and often is, accused of many things
(check the recent huge thread in rec.arts.books, chock full of people
both pro and against it), but hardly of any anti-business sentiment!
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