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From: chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Copywrongs
Message-ID: <690@vector.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 18 Aug 89 18:02:03 GMT
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Reply-To: chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US (Chip Rosenthal)
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gnu-misc-discuss@cis.ohio-state.edu writes:
>Copyright laws are designed to prevent the theft of ideas, but what sort of
>theft is it which leaves the victim undiminished?

Very entertaining story.  But this assertation is wrong, and it is the
basis of your allegory.  Might I suggest that you review the paper entitled
"Copyright Law" by Jordan Breslow?  It is part of the documentation
distributed with the USENET software.  It might clear up your misconceptions
about what a copyright is.
-- 
Chip Rosenthal / chip@vector.Dallas.TX.US / Dallas Semiconductor / 214-450-5337
"I wish you'd put that starvation box down and go to bed" - Albert Collins' Mom