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IPI oped... first do no harm to IP

In honor of World IP day, Tom Giovanetti on IP in The Hill.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:17 AM | Legislation and Legislators, Patents

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Now, if I went into the store and left with an armful of goods without paying, our relationship would not be balanced. Similarly if after I entered the store I was thrown up against the wall and robbed of my wallet, our relationship would also be out of balance. It’s no different with intellectual property.


... And that is an outright lie. At most, copying is like going past a store and magically receiving a copy of its contents - now you have stuff and the store owner still has his stuff.

IT'S NOT LIKE REAL PROPERTY, FOLKS. You undermine your credibility by calling it property.

Posted by: Spumco at April 25, 2007 11:50 AM








 
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