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Article #74342Re: Illogic
From: Charles Bryant
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 11:05
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 11:05
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In article <1991May6.223859.17925@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes: >Do you believe in such a thing as intellectual property? If not, we might >as well stop now, because I doubt you can convince me. I am a firm believer >in property rights, intellectual and otherwise. But I thought you supported patents. You can't support patents if you believe in intellectual property rights. Intellectual property rights means that if I invent something then I can use it as I wish, however patent law states that if someone else has registered it first I have no right to use my own invention even if I can prove that I invented it totally independently. -- Charles Bryant (ch@dce.ie) -- If you like the opinions expressed in this message, they may be available for rent - contact your local sales office. Low interest deals available.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,47b7044c222bdb12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-08 03:07:39 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!dce.ie!ch From: ch@dce.ie (Charles Bryant) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Illogic Message-ID: <1991May7.110551.15080@dce.ie> Date: 7 May 91 11:05:51 GMT References: <gmwD25w164w@mantis.co.uk> <1991May6.223859.17925@visix.com> Organization: Datacode Communications Ltd, Dublin, Ireland Lines: 16