Re: [Patents] EuroParl-ordered study to be presented in Paris

[PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de>]

> >Actually the present europarl study says, on the contrary, that copyright
> >is usually quite effective even for harvesting returns from ideas
>
> Maybe effective.  But it is also illegal under European copyright
> conventions.

No, it is normal daily reality.

Copyright does not apply to ideas, but that doesn't mean it cannot serve
to help people capture financial returns from their ideas.

What other construction, apart from patent, would allow people to obtain a
monopoly on political ideas (e.g. ecological taxation)?

Since patents are the only system that can be used for the purpose of
cashing in on taxation ideas, I guess you also advocate that they must be
used for this purpose.

All this belongs into the Greg FAQ

        http://swpat.ffii.org/players/aharonian/

which I unfortunately don't find time to write.