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Remove patents as a start.
edit: If they are not removed completely, decrease the amount of time they can be in effect. The end result is about the quality of the product and service. Innovation will still occur because people have ideas they want to market. Perhaps something other that patents can exist, like the right to claim you're the original creator of X feature or product.
Obviously this would need to be well thought out and no some passing comment on voat.
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[–] NicotinicAcid 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
Remove patents as a start.
edit: If they are not removed completely, decrease the amount of time they can be in effect. The end result is about the quality of the product and service. Innovation will still occur because people have ideas they want to market. Perhaps something other that patents can exist, like the right to claim you're the original creator of X feature or product.
Obviously this would need to be well thought out and no some passing comment on voat.