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Intellectual Property Run Amok
An interesting set of facts from Mother Jones (hattip: Larry Lessig). They don't seem to understand the distinction between intellectual property which is about controlling ideas, and trademark which is about controlling your identity. While there are excesses in trademark law as enforced by the courts, the basic idea is sound, and any court system is bound to have imperfections.
[Posted at 03/19/2006 02:36 PM by David K. Levine on IP in the News 
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A DAY AFTER Senator Orrin Hatch said "destroying their machines" might be
the only way to stop illegal downloaders, unlicensed software was discovered
on his website.
This reminds me of that proponent of patent and copyright, Alexander Hamilton, who owned a pirated set of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, printed in 1790 by Thomas Dobson. Washington and Jefferson also owned these volumes. The Republic survived.
[Comment at 03/19/2006 07:35 PM by Bill Stepp]
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