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On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 14:13:05 -0600, Patrick <patrick@howard.genetics.utah.edu> wrote:
>On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Jason Clifford wrote:
>
>> >Intellectual Property is theft from the collective mind, thus downright
>> >evil. 
>> 
>> Oh dear. We appear to have a 'New Age Hippy' among us. Justify your
>> claim of the existance of this collective mind. Tell me the number I am
>> thinking of as I write this
>
>I go with that too.  My mind and my ideas are MINE.  They are NOT the 
>property of some New Age "collective mind".  It is my mind and my mind 

	Actually, they were never your property at all. The notion
	that they are is just a convenient construct to further 
	some public policy goals.

>alone.  If I come up with an idea for a product, make it and sell it, how 
>is that different than me coming up with a a software idea, making it and 
>selling it.  In the end, the final product is a manifestation of MY 
>idea.  ALL products, be they cars, radios, clothing, or software ALL 
>start as IDEAS.  The form of the end product (physical object like a car) 
>is irrelevant (vs a non-physical "object" like a software application/tool).
>
>If I come up with an idea for a great tool that can aid in auto repair or 
>general maintenance and construction, then I have a right to sell that 
>tool for profit - even though it started out as an IDEA in MY mind.

	No you don't really. You don't have any real property
	rights in ideas: just a public policy exuse for 'government
	interference' that just happens to benefit you in such a
	situation.

>
>If I come up with an idea for a great SOFTWARE tool...same diff.
>
>patrick


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