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Re: [dvd-discuss] Farmers not allowed to grow their own seed corn now
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- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Farmers not allowed to grow their own seed corn now
- From: Tom <tom(at)lemuria.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:59:08 +0100
- In-reply-to: <OFAE0E7A6F.48599B32-ON88256B21.005AF684@aero.org>; from Michael.A.Rolenz@aero.org on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:37:37AM -0800
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 08:37:37AM -0800, Michael A Rolenz wrote:
> I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that in the last quarter of the
> 20th century, the government has managed to destroy the copyright and
> patent systems that have worked so well for so long by attempting to
> extend them to provide protection for anybody that wants it. This darling
> phrase "intellectual property" is probably the most insidious one ever
> created and seems to becoming on the level with Nationalist Socialism.
> It's a real shame.
as I said: copyright, patents, trademark, whatever is dead. killed by
those who wanted too much of it.
the only question is whether akin to national socialism it'll take a
war to bury it.
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