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[als0]

We live in a world where patents can be extended almost endlessly. Intellectual property is also treated in the same way, and I think unless there's a big cultural shift in company incentives this will remain for a long time to come.

[jefftk → als0]

> We live in a world where patents can be extended almost endlessly.

Why do you say that? Twenty years from filing and everything in your patent is now available for anyone to use.

Various parts of our IP system are pretty broken, but "patents last forever" isn't a thing.

[als0 → jefftk]

Taking it a bit too literally. 10+ years is a lifetime in the tech and gaming industry.

[jefftk → als0]

I'm not so sure: they wrote "extended" which makes me think they're thinking about copyright or something?