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  • From: "Branko Collin" <collin AT xs4all.nl>
  • To: "Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts" <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Stealing ideas?
  • Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 18:26:39 +0100


On 14 Nov 2004, at 11:37, Greg London wrote:
> Branko Collin said:
> > On 14 Nov 2004, at 13:22, Romain d'Alverny wrote:
> >
> >> Copyright protects works, not ideas.
> >
> > As a Project Gutenberg volunteer and webmaster of a site that deals
> > with abandoned games, I must strongly object to this reading of
> > copyright. Copyright does not protect works, it destroys them.
> > Copyright protects the interests of authors (well, at least in
> > theory). Works get the raw end of the deal with copyright.
>
> Don't be so naive as to believe every bit of anti-copyright propaganda
> you've ever read. The idea of intellectual property has acquired some
> severe flaws of late, but the basic concept is sound and can even be
> fair.

I am sorry, how is stating that which I am experiencing 'propaganda'?
Are you calling me a liar?

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branko collin
collin AT xs4all.nl




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