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Classic misdirection

Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, February 09 2013 @ 12:55 PM EST

"Legal protection"... errrr... that's what a copyright is.

"contributes to the economy"... there's the basic problem in a
nutshell... nothing to do with innovation or invention, simply that it puts $$$
in someone's pocket*. Any activity that involves an exchange of data/goods
contibutes to the economy. This has been true for ages. But now, doing it on a
computer suddenly makes a new invention.

The first step in reforming the patent system is to get the economy out of the
equation and go back to encouraging invention and the dissemination of
knowledge.

*And the contibute to the economy argument is a complete fail anyway, since when
you look at the beeelion$ tied up in litigation, it becomes apparent that it
isn't a "contribution", its a redistribution resulting in a net loss.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Classic misdirection - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, February 10 2013 @ 09:19 AM EST
- Classic misdirection - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, February 10 2013 @ 12:46 PM EST

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