askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long *should* the ideal term of copyright be?
a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.
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a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.
I'm begging the holders for asthma medication to release the patent/copyright? So that I won't have to pay a fortune to breathe. Money is also tight right now so im litteraly rationing what medicine I have left.
Yeah, I don't care whose pockets it hurts, but no one should have to worry about not being able to access a life-saving medication that already exits. Sorry you have to go through this
this is an interesting (infuriating) one: most asthma meds
arewere generic, but were re-formulated with a different propellant that was less harmful to the atmosphere. Despite the actual medicine not changing, they got their patents renewed and the generics got taken off the marketa total failure of the system