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by colinbartlett 4625 days ago
That patent system is broken. Period. Everyone knows this and yet movement toward change is frustratingly slow... Against the backdrop of an industry that changes faster than any other.
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Dear people who own almost everything.

Please modify the property laws so that entities like yourselves will be constrained from willy-nilly acquiring more stuff (and/or stuff that isn't really stuff).

Sincerely, the people who own doodly squat.

I like how you slipped in the use of 'doodly squat' there - very fitting.