"Christopher James Huff" <chr### [at] maccom> wrote in message
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> Really, the idea wasn't bad, just the implementation.
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Can one really separate the two in this case (or in many cases for that matter)?

Ideally, patents should be restricted to genuine innovations (bye-bye Amazon's
one-click), but in the end you can't reasonably exclude the courts from a
dispute, and as soon as you've done that, it will inevitably come down to who
can afford the most expensive lawyers.

Perhaps a more open democratic system, such as used in the formation of usenet
newsgroups?

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