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March 22, 2006
Patently Ridiculous? Copyright it is!
From today's NYTimes editorial on patent law reform:
Our nation's founders considered intellectual property important enough to include in the Constitution, but did not establish the system for the sake of the inventor. It exists for the sake of society, or, as it says in the Constitution, "to promote the progress of science and the useful arts."
Oh my freaking god, it's an honest-to-god miracle that the principle of the common good is being mentioned in an article about intellectual property, so thanks, Gray Lady, for bringing this up in regards to patent law.
But whenever the topic is copyright law why-- oh, for the sake of sick orphan kittens-- does no mainstream newsource seem capable of adding two and two to get to the forehead-smackingly, air-punchingly obvious point that copyright laws can and in fact have become stifling and not in the interest of society? Yargh, I say to ye. Yargh.
Posted by hissycat at March 22, 2006 03:32 AM
Comments
To throw straws against the wind... Roland
Posted by: Roland at November 22, 2006 02:17 AM
That cock won't fight... Hieronimus
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My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
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I haven't been up to much these days. Today was a loss. Nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me these days.
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I haven't gotten anything done recently. I've just been hanging out doing nothing. I haven't been up to anything these days, but it's not important. Today was a total loss.
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I feel like an empty room, but eh. Nothing seems worth doing. I haven't gotten much done today.
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Posted by: Sten25151 at March 14, 2007 05:37 AM