Poll: Why hasn't patent reform become a bigger political issue?

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As a subject, it's just too arcane
25% (4 votes)
People believe in and cherish the myth of the lone inventor
13% (2 votes)
The traditional view of patents is too deeply entrenched
19% (3 votes)
Powerful interests prefer the status quo
31% (5 votes)
The political system is dysfunctional
13% (2 votes)

Why hasn't patent reform (especially for software) become a bigger political issue before now?

With a recent op-ed in the Economist and a segment on NPR's Planet Money, it seems as if an awareness of the high cost of the outmoded, traditional patent system is finally creeping into the mainstream.

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