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Re:The last patent on AC-3 (Dolby Digital) expires at midnight by tomcam on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:43PM (#13911324)
It's a compromise. The framers of the Constitution had battles about that. Some of them thought patents were bad, some thought they promoted innovation.
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