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hepkat

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2. Thaks for the article

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 10:40 PM

Apr 2013

IP is a huge issue hardly anyone is talking about.

Energy companies are buying up patents to green energy to suppress the development of green energy.

The whole area is fascinating and in need of radical change!

Occupy IP!

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"How Copyrights Suppress Innovation" [View all] applegrove Apr 2013 OP

The government freely gives these copyright and patent 'regulations' to business. Business owes applegrove Apr 2013 #1

Thaks for the article hepkat Apr 2013 #2

Intellectual property law now MOCKS the intent of the framers of the constitution, Faryn Balyncd Apr 2013 #3

I suspect a number of musicians, artists and authors onenote Apr 2013 #5

umm overgeneralized hepkat Apr 2013 #6

Because by golly, musicians and writers should go get REAL jobs! Lizzie Poppet Apr 2013 #9

To clarify, RETROACTIVELY extending copyright protection to 70 -120 years MOCKS the constitution. Faryn Balyncd Apr 2013 #11

yep. that's it exactly. \n Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #12

Not absolutely certain, but Celera probably relied on patent protection, not copyright onenote Apr 2013 #4

They are trying patents hepkat Apr 2013 #7

And the chickens hepkat Apr 2013 #8

Federal circuit court said sure you can patent a gene hepkat Apr 2013 #10