He's asserting that the objections to patents are from consumers: Let me have this stuff without paying inventors (patent holders). (This would be bad because it reduces the incentive for innovation).
In my experience, the objections to patents are from innovators: Let me invent without paying people who have been trying to landgrab the intellectual frontier. (This is good because it reduces barriers to innovation).
In my experience, the objections to patents are from innovators: Let me invent without paying people who have been trying to landgrab the intellectual frontier. (This is good because it reduces barriers to innovation).