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Patent system 'stifling science'

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Life-saving scientific research is being stifled by a "broken" patent system, according to a new report. "Blocking patents" are delaying advances in cancer medicine and food crops, says the Canada-based Innovation Partnership, a non-profit consultancy. The full benefits of synthetic biology and nanotechnology will not be realised without urgent reforms to encourage sharing of information, they say.

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Bob_Robertson ·
Stephen Kinsella, a copyright/patent lawyer, discusses the issue of patents and copyright. I found it quite interesting.

The .mp3 itself: http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/download.php?filename=200...

The archive of other LewRockwell.com "podcasts": http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/

Kinsella has quite a few articles and books available, for anyone who wants to look into the rationalizations for and against patent/copyright.

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