Where is the study showing that TV causes promiscuity that is undesirable?
Anything that requires physical manufacturing, quality control, and any kind of regulatory oversight can't hope to go from concept to consumer within less than 2 years.
Which means your industry didn't need IP in the first place, you already have a two year monopoly and a head start for your brand thereafter. (And, if regulatory oversight is really so onerous, just regulate that competitors aren't approved until after you.) I'm more concerned for the useful specialist ebook-author.
Agreed, and even if there has been a ruling or legislation on it before, there still needs to be a way for the average person to find that out (without prohibitive expense). Must I go put on shoes, or can I legally drive here wearing basic thong sandals?
Maybe they've clued on to the public sentiment against drug patents? Presenting themselves to be voluntarily charitable seeks to undermine our strongest argument for IP reform, while at the same time they are likely increasing profits (think DVD market segregation, except that the people who still cannot afford to buy the product in their region cannot just download it).
"Pok pok pok, P'kok!" -- Superchicken