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by venkat223 1148 days ago
Copyright and patents shoukd stop at a stage like classification documents.After that it should be free to use by all. Or less govt should subsidise publications and patents by leving tax on the users.The subsidies to tge creators can be extended on registration. Afterall these creators use the resources and materials from tge society.They want recognition and money as profit for lifetimes. Those are moribund economic measures. Tax uses and leave all copyrights and patents off the hook.This will increase the coffers and some can be shared as subsies with creators. Books business (digital and hard copies ) is of high profit margin. Further these creators are obligated to universities and libraries for content discovery and creation. How will they pay back to society after living here andassimilating all content from libraries?