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  Re: Yet another reason why they shouldn't grant software patents  
From: Invisible
Date: 18 Nov 2009 08:50:55
Message: <4b03fbbf$1@news.povray.org>
 
John VanSickle wrote:

> ideas in themselves are not 
> subject to copyright; or else Walt Disney can sue anyone who animates a 
> mouse.

Oh, what irony that would be...

(Mickey Mouse is a minor modification of an earlier animated mouse, 
created to get around copyright issues.)


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