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Re: [dvd-discuss] Celebs against shorter patent duration
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Celebs against shorter patent duration
- From: Jeremy Erwin <jerwin(at)ponymail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 13:39:34 -0400
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On Wednesday, October 2, 2002, at 12:33 PM, mickeym wrote:
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,64584,00.html
>
> I wasn't aware that there was a bill to shorten the patent duration
> for drugs, but it doesn't surprise me who else (besides the drug co's)
> would be against it. I still can't reconcile the huge difference
> between patent vs copyright duration. I suppose I'm actually okay with
> the 17 year patent, in contrast to the 95+ year copyright.
Ugh. I just saw an ad in the WAshington Post from PhRMA-- showing a
picture of a senior citizen, captioned "She didn't live through two
surgeries a stroke, and 14 of the cruelest winters on record only to be
threatened by reimported drugs."
I guess the PhRMA is, on record, of the opinion that those doomed to
live in Canada are ingesting poisons in in pill form.
Jeremy