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To: Fester Chugabrew

No


11 posted on 05/27/2019 11:56:40 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston; Fester Chugabrew

I think Fester deserves a serious answer to a serious question.

The answer is No, but there’s a bit more to it than that, IP (Intellectual Property) law grants a temporary protection for commercial ideas that are patented.

To the degree that social media platforms use patented algorithms and/or copyrighted software they can not be duplicated.

A sufficiently motivated and clever enough person or group can often figure out a way to achieve much the same, or better results.

This is not a trivial exercise when a multibillion dollar company is trying to beat you to every improvement and alternate methods, and to patent or copyright them first.


20 posted on 05/27/2019 12:10:25 PM PDT by null and void (The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
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