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| Authored by: Carlo Piana on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 07:23 AM EDT |
It is. Only we are discussing about copyright. If copyright were to mimic
patents, we would have the software patents issue multiplied, as for how many
patent exists, there are way more copyrighted pieces of software around.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 08:36 AM EDT |
No.
A patent's purpose in the US, according to the US
Constitution is "The Congress shall have power...To promote
the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for
limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right
to their respective writings and discoveries;"
Note four things here:
1) secured for a limited time
2) to authors and inventors
3) exclusive rights
4) to their respective writings and discoveries
Ideas and not listed as protectable. Only writings and
discoveries.
IANAL, but I can read. One might argue that an idea is
a discovery, but the logical conclusion of that argument
is not realizable.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 03 2012 @ 09:41 AM EDT |
The idea was to protect the invention for a time but not to prevent somebody
else developing a different way of getting the same outcome. That seems to be
the goal of today's 'dogs in the manger' types.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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