In a message dated 9/7/01 3:15:13 PM, fyzycyst_at_home.com writes:
<< And in so doing they will seal our fate as a civilization, as all progress
inevitably grinds to a halt. But intellectual property is NOT tangible. It
consists of IDEAS. How can I ever write a novel if I have to worry that the
plot falls too close to something that someone wrote 200 years prior? How
can I compete against a company that obtained a patent a century ago? By
this logic, we couldn't have multiple car companies (and thus competition).
The entire concept of "owning" an idea exclusively and in perpetuity is an
aberration that has primarily arisen in the 20th Century. >>
This is exactly the type of drivel that will lead us down the road to
destruction. These '20th century aberrations' as you term them are only one
of the things that have led us to the United States being the only and
greatest nation and superpower the world has ever seen or will see by any
measure. Everything else is just noise and will amount to nothing. No one
else does it better than the United States and in doing so we show the rest
of the world the way. Do you think people struggle to come to the US for
nothing. the proof is in the pudding. Get ready for the future.
-William
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