I propose two simple changes to the patent laws that I think are more than justified. The first is that if a company goes bankrupt then all the patents that it holds fall into the public domain. Why should we loose the ability to improve our lives just because of your bad business planning. The second is that if you are not selling a product that uses your patent within five years then it goes into the public domain. If you can't make something of it in five years then let somebody else try.

That's all.

So the government is experimenting with e-petitions and you can now sign up against software patents on their website. Is this the next step on the road to public voting on major issues. I hope not. We, the public, are far too selfish to be allowed to vote on major issues. It will end up a state that is run by the large media companies rather than an elected government as they will have much more control over the population than boring politicians. What we have now may not be the best but it has to be better than reducing it all down to a big brother style tele-vote!