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- From: Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>
- To: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] nice Greg newspeak lapse
- Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 01:13:40 +0100
- Organization: 1407 Org
On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 14:11 -0400, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> US, EU, and WIPO copyright statutes. And unlike patents, copyrights
> last an insane life of the author plus 75 years. Assuming copyright
> offers any protection to software (which is extremely little in the US,
> and eventually European caselaw will catch up), why should the world
> allow that software to be protected 100+ years?
Well, Greg...
20 years is an eternity for software.
Software patents cover all means to achieve a certain end.
there's a monopoly for twenty years on a simple concept
life plus 70 years is an eternity for software
Software copyright permits other means to achieve a certain end.
there's a monopoly for life+70 on a simple expression of a simple concept
Which one benefits the most people?
Rui
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