Re: [dvd-discuss] Patented copyright ...

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Hmm....interesting question...if the population has increased to the point that 
so much of it can be generated that the encouragement of intellectual property 
is less of a concern than when survival was the main concern of a smaller 
population, then does it need the protection it had before?

On 23 May 2002 at 2:57, Tom wrote:

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> On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:20:22PM -0400, Arnold G. Reinhold wrote:
> > One of the many flaws in this scheme is the need to show that an 
> > infringer actually copied the material in question from a work you 
> > created. Suppose the alleged infringer proves he sequenced the gene 
> > directly from a mouse? With patents, that's no defense. With 
> > copyright, it seems to me it would be. 
> 
> you sure? try to find a kid in india that's never heard of mickey
> mouse, but drawn a few cartoons with a character looking exactly the
> same. then try to publish those cartoons without disney sueing you to
> hell and back.
> 
> 
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