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6 Sep 2024 07:16:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: US Patent System, now with 20% less stupidity  
From: Neeum Zawan
Date: 12 Jul 2009 21:54:51
Message: <4a5a93eb$1@news.povray.org>
On 07/12/09 19:24, somebody wrote:
>>> doesn't stiffle economic growth. We can certainly flourish as a society
>>> where Smoke on Water is copyrighted. Why would it then be any more
>
>> You're saying it'll work out if it'll become illegal for me to combine
>> H2 and O2 to get water without paying a licensing fee? Where burning
>> wood for heat would be illegal unless I pay a licensing fee for the
>> smoke that is produced?
>>
>> I think you're confusing ownership with copyright.
>
> I think you are confusing patents with copyright. Or else you missed the
> reference.

	I missed it. I thought you wrote "smoke or water". Never heard of Smoke 
on the Water or Deep Purple.

-- 
Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright 
ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little 
sign of breaking down in the near future.


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