[Upd-discuss] 3 minutes documentary on Public Domain

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:28:47 -0700

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Hmm,<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If something is Intellectual Property - it is not in the Public
Domain.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If something is in the Public Domain - it is not an entity's
Intellectual Property.<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is one not a direct negation of the other?<br>
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-s&aacute;ndor<br>
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Lars Aronsson wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">sandor wrote:
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    <pre wrap="">The logic for all IP being harmful is clear and obvious.
This discussion is pertaining to, and in favor of,  the public domain.
IP, by it's definition - reduces the public domain.
IP is immediately harmful to the public domain.
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I don't agree.  I think IP and PD are not always opposites, they 
can instead be seen as different tools for different purposes.
Just likes horses and cars, which can replace each other in some 
applications, but not all of them.  Horse lovers don't hate cars, 
but car haters do.


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