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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public or in some contrivance to raise prices.
 - Adam Smith

Bibliography
US Patent Office: 6368227 Method of Swinging on a Swing
Boldrin/Levine: The Intellectual Property Hall of Shame
Ars Technica: Study: free markets superior to patent monopolies
Centre for Economic and Policy Research: The Reform of Intellectual Property
Swedish Pirate Party: Financing Drug Research: What Are the Issues?
PRWeb: First Patent Application on Fictional Storyline; Inventor Asserts Provisional Rights Against Hollywood
Slashdot: USPTO Issue Provisional Storyline Patent
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations: The Industry in Figures 2006
Wikipedia: Ansari X Prize
Christian Engström: Patents on Medicine Kill (Swedish)

See Also
Red Hat Diaries: USPTO: Method of Swinging on a Swing (6368227)
Red Hat Diaries: Patents Kill
Red Hat Diaries: Orwell Didn't Know Shit
Rick Falkvinge: On Patents (2/3) (Swedish)
Rick Falkvinge: On Patents (3/3) (Swedish)
Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy?
IIPA: Sweden: 2009 Special 301 Report On Copyright Protection And Enforcement (PDF)
Médecins Sans Frontières: No agreement reached in talks on access to cheap drugs
Médecins Sans Frontières: World Trade Organisation wrestles with access to cheap drugs solution
Médecins Sans Frontières: Donate to Médecins Sans Frontières
Slashdot: Doctors Fight Patent on Medical Knowledge
Prometheus Labs
Wikileaks: Yahoo 'Spy Guide' (compliance guide for law enforcement) 23 December 2009
TorrentFreak: Record Labels Face $60 Billion Damages for Pirating Artists
Michael Geist: Canadian Recording Industry Faces $60 Billion Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
SVT: Swedish Minister to US to Discuss ACTA but Won't Bother Reading It
My $62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook the Books with Digital Downloads
Too Much Joy: My Hilarious Warner Bros Royalty Statement
The Problem With Music by Steve Albini
Wikipedia: Steve Albini