Re: [Patents] Washington Times: Internet Patents Divide Industry

[Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>]

Philippe Coulonges wrote:
> 
> Try to remember you are crossposting on many lists. More than one are
> international, so please don't assume there is only one Constitution and
> one set of laws. A little precision on which country you're talking of
> is an attention many could appreciate. One could for once think at least
> some people in you're country don't figure they rule the world yet.

!!

Check out what I said:

> [. . .] The following is another "common response" of mine, once again 
> geared
> toward Americans, addressing notions that authors should call the shots.  
> The
> fact is that authors only call the shots that legislators grant them:
> 
> Exclusive rights are not determined by authors and inventors.  They are not
> determined by software or hardware.  They are not determined by private
> contracts and licenses.  They are determined by Congress, who have the power
> to grant or deny exclusive rights in accordance with the purpose of the
> exclusive rights clause and within other more fundamental constraints in the
> Constitution.

:-)

Seth


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