From: Christian Weisgerber (naddy@mips.inka.de)
Date: Fri Mar 07 2003 - 10:39:59 MST
Emlyn O'regan <oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au> wrote:
> This could be taken as strong evidence in support of intellectual property
> regulation, in its role as a protector/encourager of innovation. What is
> shown is that, in the absense of any mechanism to protect IP in the area of
> illegal drugs, real innovation is very low.
>
> Comments?
I think this is meaningless since the realm of illegal drugs can
hardly count as "other things considered equal". You twiddle
innumerable variables and then proceed to declare that the result
is due to a single one of those.
-- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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