>As a society, we have to decide
Do you mean current decisions were made by an entity outside of the society
Do you mean current decisions were made by an entity outside of the society
And it does not follow that a decision made by an entity inside the society, was made by the society as a whole, or that it has any sort of majority support, even if it is law. By that logic, you could argue that we, as a society, decided that one-click shopping is worthy of patent protection, and that it should be illegal do unlock your own phone.