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Software Patents Shrugged
Raymond Van Dyke, TechNewsWorld
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In the latest film installment of Ayn Rand's influential novel, Atlas Shrugged, the government has taken the drastic step of seizing all patents, as well as copyrights, for the public good, under the so-called Fair Share Act. Although the U.S. government has not officially taken such a drastic step, some economists and advisors have recently advocated the abrogation of patent rights for industries involved with software. Indeed, some argue that software patents are deleterious to the public good.
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