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Abolish Intellectual Property Rights?

The Soho Forum Debates

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The Patent System or the Copyright System?

Every system of private property has to have a system of exclusive right, he says. The way the patent system works is that it creates an enormous incentive for people to back off and develop complementary products. It's very important to draw an intellectual distinction ar between two ways of thinking of the patent system or the copyright system," writes Obeidallah.

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