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To: Carry_Okie
I am not an attorney, as simply checking my page would have told you.

I did, but I consider anyone to be an attorney who believes that all wealth rightfully belongs to lawyers, which is what "intellectual property" abuse is all about.

Where would the world be if some ancient law firm had been allowed to collect royalties on the Pythagorean Theorem in perpetuity?

I deliberately said "in perpetuity" because every time Mickey Mouse is about to enter the public domain the length of copyright is extended by Congress. It won't be long before patent duration is indefinitely extended as well, because lawyers are good at buying the laws they need to feed their greed.

101 posted on 03/22/2006 10:58:34 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I did, but I consider anyone to be an attorney who believes that all wealth rightfully belongs to lawyers, which is what "intellectual property" abuse is all about.

Oh, I see. You would rather corporations could steal any idea they wish from an inventor. You would like to deprive inventors of capital. Wow, what a plan!

Where would the world be if some ancient law firm had been allowed to collect royalties on the Pythagorean Theorem in perpetuity?

Nobody has ever granted patent in perpetuity and Disney is still making new movies with Mickey Mouse. You just want to steal.

102 posted on 03/22/2006 11:11:09 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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