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In response to "though in all fairness, in most of canada you'd have to pay for non-lifesaving prescription meds" by mafic

Well the prices are cheaper because you don't honor patents I believe. -- nm

Posted by Redmond (aka Redmond) Jun 6 '09, 10:43

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That might be part of it, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:44 8
- sort of. we do *honour* patents, but they don't last nearly as long with pharaceuticals. -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 10:50 7
  - I wonder when "Happy Birthday" will enter the public domain? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:55 6
    - Ah. patented in 1935, won't expire until 2030. (What the FUCK?) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:56 5
      - Disney keeps getting the term after author's death made longer and longer to keep Mickey under protection - dug Jun 6, 10:59 3
        
        You leave me out of this!!! I have nothing to do with patents!! - Walt_Disney Jun 6, 11:16
        
        which I find particularly offensive, considering how much money they've made off public domain (hello, virtually everything pre-lion king). -- nm - mafic Jun 6, 11:12
        
        Didn't Sonny Bono push legislation to extend stuff like this too, before he died? -- nm - Tim Jun 6, 11:04
      - no, that's a copyright. Different from a patent. Durrr. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 6, 10:57
*shakes fist in Canada's general direction* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 6, 10:43 1
- Sorry, that fist is public domain now. *pays a hooker to sit on it* -- nm - Canada si Jun 6, 10:44

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