I know this is kind of a stretch in relevance, but this is the logical extreme of what I was implying. The direction of the natural market incentives for pharmaceutical companies are simply skew to the ethical imperative of medical practice. Artificial incentives and boundaries imposed by the government merely put a one-size-fits-all economic band-aid on this situation, which does not change the fundamental conflict of interest. Now, obviously I do not expect to simply be handed brand name medicine left and right for free or to be sold medicine of questionable origin/contents with no personal culpability; that would be asinine. And there is certainly a sizable (and often exaggerated) initial investment in drug discovery relative to the monetary capacity of the average individual. Its just frustrating when ethically questionable protectionism is exactly the behavior predicted/expected/observed on a regular basis without any effective means of correction. This is an industry in dire need of some beneficially disruptive innovation.
But, but, but, but, but, because without a misspelling I can't be called out by those who presumptively have nothing else with which they disagree. That, or I'm just a human too.
It seems almost counterintuitive that the makers of the tools of the medical industry do not have to fallow the same ethical practices. Imagine if the pharmaceutical industry actually had to abide by the ethics implied by "first, do no harm" in practice. It'd likely collapse under the strain of oversight. Don't get me wrong, pharmaceuticals have made modern life possible with effective treatments for serious illness, but there is a serious conflict of interest inherent to their business model. They are not required beyond the bounds of maximizing their profits to provide an adequate supply of affordable medicine. It is simply assumed by many that these companies will do so to maintain a sustainable demand. The recent(ly exaggerated) swine flu panic was a perfect case of this as there was an insufficient supply of vaccine as well as a patent preventing the ethical possibility of a parallel supplier.
This kind of useless localization coupled with impotent customer service is unfortunately typical of too many "piracy victims" these days. If they aren't careful, they will end up trying to enter a saturated market.
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Is the "plan" to corner all of these "pirates and their apologists" into a single TLD (.blowmeMAFIAA, .copytheft, or .butcopyrightinfringement anyone?) and then sue them out of existence? Is this really the sleazy death rattle you think the cancerous dinosaurs at the MAFIAA ought to be employing on their way out?
"There is a plan behind all of this, but you're all too blind to see it."
Perhaps you should take off your horse blinders, they went out of style in the 20's.
I do: if they're over 40, have never previously demonstrated computer use, and have a website w/ even a crappy Joomla layout, chances are they view the internet like a chicken views fire; totally oblivious or living in constant fear thereof.
I was going to point out DRG's predicament, but I suppose you do have a point. That said, you do have to give kudos to their web host for treating them like the paying customers the are/were by discussing the issue with their admins.
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http://www.impactlab.net/2007/01/31/cure-for-cancer-found-but-no-one-is-talking/ (warning: this is old news)
I know this is kind of a stretch in relevance, but this is the logical extreme of what I was implying. The direction of the natural market incentives for pharmaceutical companies are simply skew to the ethical imperative of medical practice. Artificial incentives and boundaries imposed by the government merely put a one-size-fits-all economic band-aid on this situation, which does not change the fundamental conflict of interest. Now, obviously I do not expect to simply be handed brand name medicine left and right for free or to be sold medicine of questionable origin/contents with no personal culpability; that would be asinine. And there is certainly a sizable (and often exaggerated) initial investment in drug discovery relative to the monetary capacity of the average individual. Its just frustrating when ethically questionable protectionism is exactly the behavior predicted/expected/observed on a regular basis without any effective means of correction. This is an industry in dire need of some beneficially disruptive innovation.
(But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.)
... I've had a loooong day.
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:-D
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The same way someone was bound to bring that law suit. They just didn't do it for the lulz.
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... cue: moral panic outrage internet patrol.
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Hippocracy
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So, how does one say clusterfuck in Vietnamese?
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New Horizons...
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"There is a plan behind all of this, but you're all too blind to see it."
Perhaps you should take off your horse blinders, they went out of style in the 20's.
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That's better.
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I was going to point out DRG's predicament, but I suppose you do have a point. That said, you do have to give kudos to their web host for treating them like the paying customers the are/were by discussing the issue with their admins.
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Damn you Heisenberg!
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