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askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long should the ideal term of copyright be? (beehaw.org)

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a perennial favorite topic of debate. sound off in the replies.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this is an interesting (infuriating) one: most asthma meds ~~are~~ were 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 market

a total failure of the system