[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Let all beware any schadenfreude here, the protection of Intellectual Property rights closely parallels the protection of Real Property rights and is critically important.

[gondramB]

>>Let all beware any schadenfreude here, the protection of Intellectual Property rights closely parallels the protection of Real Property rights and is critically important.<<

There is a fundamental difference. One key source of American strength is our creation of intellectual property. Copyrights are a balance with the classic example being the availability of good books. Copyrights too weak or too strong prevent wide dissemination of information in all forms these days.