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Re: Stealing ideas?

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 17:33:59 +0100

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.

--
branko collin
collin AT xs4all.nl

Stealing ideas?, Scott Rubin, 11/14/2004
- Re: Stealing ideas?, Evan Prodromou, 11/14/2004
  - Re: Stealing ideas?, Robin Millette, 11/14/2004
- Re: Stealing ideas?, Romain d'Alverny, 11/14/2004
  - Re: Stealing ideas?, Branko Collin, 11/14/2004
    - Re: Stealing ideas?, Greg London, 11/14/2004
      - Re: Stealing ideas?, Branko Collin, 11/14/2004
        
        Re: Stealing ideas?, Greg London, 11/14/2004
        
        RE: Stealing ideas?, Nick Poole, 11/14/2004
      - Re: Stealing ideas?, drew Roberts, 11/14/2004
    - Re: Stealing ideas?, Evan Prodromou, 11/14/2004
- Re: Stealing ideas?, Branko Collin, 11/14/2004