Part of the corruption in that field is that it's prohibitively expensive to compete, regardless of how easy a drug is to manufacture.

I can kind of get it for creative purposes

State should also do the kind of "baseline regulation" in some cases, i.e. offer the services at the low (but fair) price so that there would be a baseline and jacking prices up would be not viable for the private sector (unless they can offer some excellent addition that is worth more)

i get the argument that creators deserve credit
but that's not how IP law is structured

This sort of "soft regulation" works much better than any legislation does

I'm not so sure it would.

It lets market do its thing, but sets a limit

The State should not be competing in the market.

why not?

The state should be far more passive than it is.

if they can offer the same or better service at lower price, surely that's good

if the state is passive, it'll simply lose to the competition

@shinsoo Patent and copyright is just abused and misused. Does not mean those types of protections should not exist.

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The problem is patent trolling.

true, it just means they shouldn't exist as they do now

but the very idea of owning a non-physical concept sits badly with me

THere's probably plenty of advancements that have been stymied because someone somewhere holds a patent and wants their money for vaguely describing something someone else did the work for.

The thing is: state can afford to lose. Even if their offer is not the best, the mere existence of it would prevent the olygopoly or price damping

The Free Market has shown us in the past that if there is a cheaper way to do something, someone will come in to disrupt the market.

also it can provide the service where business considers it unprofitable

free market lol

The state isn't needed for that process.

In fact, the state should step out of the way of that process.

Patent trolls like Edison will always find a way to abuse the system. The real inventors still deserve to get paid.

the free market tends towards monopolies and cartels
and in the modern era, advertising is more efficient than innovation, especially for pharma

It is not a simple problem.

Heh. I like that you bring in Edison. 😛

Kind of a scumbag.

Well, some things should never be left to free market

Like Firefighting

Ancient Athens and USA in 1800 tried that

Firefighter mafias were having fights in the streets

I can kind of see your point there.

anything that has high infrastructure costs imo

competition is nigh-impossible with broadband

might wanna take a look into westinghouse history

Texas has a brilliant solution to the electrical grid and private industry.

Some things need state to function properly and/or not to be abused

They broke the Electrical Supply system into three separate industries.

I do agree that the state should be as minimal as it can get though