# Tweet by [@keefmoon](http://twitter.com/keefmoon) on 2011-10-14 08:13:15 > [!INFO] Archived from [original tweet](http://twitter.com/keefmoon/status/124759661260972032) RT @jbeilinson: Patents as they exist now simply tax and crush the inventor in the garage to the benefit of megacompanies--Larry Lessig, ...