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The software [[market]] already has a lot of problems with monopolies.  Patents worsen this problem.
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Software patents '''prevent competition and entrench monopolies''', thus hurting consumers and preventing the proper functioning of the software market.
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==Studies==
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* [[The EuroLinux petition]] - 435,000 signatures against the harm of software patents to competition and [[Software patents stiffle innovation|innovation]]
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* [[Network competition through regulation]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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* http://swpat.ffii.org/archiv/zitate/index.en.html#mopoko0207 - German monopoly commission
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* [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/03/akamai-takes-another-software-patent-scalp.ars Akamai attacks Limewire] as well as other competitors
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* http://eupat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/mopoko0207/index.en.html
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* [[Japan]]'s 2nd most used word processor taken off the market in 2005:
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** TechDirt: [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050207/0315213.shtml Help Function Patent In Japan Means All Copies Of Word Processor Get Destroyed], Feb 2005
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** ComputerWorld: [http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/3BDE72837B1DD5BBCC256F9C0070E506?OpenDocument Tokyo court orders popular word processor off market], Feb 2005
  
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==See also==
 
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* [[Preventing competition]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Arguments]]
 
[[Category:Arguments]]

Revision as of 12:53, 12 June 2009

Software patents prevent competition and entrench monopolies, thus hurting consumers and preventing the proper functioning of the software market.

Studies

External links

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