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To: donpat who wrote (9)	9/27/2015 1:30:23 PM
From: donpat	Respond to of 16

And another thing - patents can't be obtained for life - it just ain't possible!! Otherwise some new baby in the future would be required to pay a royalty on its existence for the monopoly period. And yet continuing life is at the beck and call of the drug industry - pay or die - it just ain't right. Which politician these days is going to do something about this? Trump? Who? They'd get my vote.

To: donpat who wrote (9)	9/27/2015 7:34:09 PM
From: PaperProphet	Respond to of 16

There may be a few people who will work for free for the benefit of mankind, but those are few and far between. I doubt that applies to any of the drug companies or any of the drugs under patent protection today. If there are such noble people and companies out there, they can still develop drugs and give them away for free--nobody will stop them. Yes, I agree with you that the patents on life are a bit on the creepy side.

To: donpat who wrote (9)	9/28/2015 9:41:23 PM
From: arvitar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16

Of course, Einstein never made a contribution that saved human lives. He famously nudged the American government into focusing its resources into making a nuclear bomb, which they likely would never have done otherwise. That ultimately led to the dropping of two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed 130,000 civilians. Had the Cold War taken a slightly different turn, he could have been responsible for the wiping out of the planet. Pasteur made academic discoveries, none of which were practical. Those who made the first vaccines and antibiotics widely available to the public weren't the basic scientists who made basic discoveries. They invented methods to mass produce these things reliably, relied on patents, raised money from investors, and did so for the money. The same can be said for every commercial drug that has ever served the public. I think you're putting out "troll bait" with these types of statements.