[Upd-discuss] 3 minutes documentary on Public Domain

[sandor]

Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>	The logic for all IP being harmful is clear and obvious.
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>Not to me.  Copyright law, patent law, and trademark law are so different
>I don't think it even makes sense to talk about them together.
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    Sure it is..

    But then all those things you mention offer the possibility of a 
time-shifting mechanism that may offset the harm..
    I don't think you'll disagree with that statement.. Or maybe you do?

>I think trademark law is basically a good thing.
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    Trademark law's necessity / function I do not think impinges on the 
public domain - though it's current application does.. As such, I do not 
consider it a part of IP when I use the term.

>I also think that a limited copyright system for some kinds of works
>could be a beneficial system, as it was in the past.
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    Excellent..
    Why do you favor this historic model over any other?
    Do you think it would be able to be relevant to current situations 
and to not naturally evolve into it's current form yet again?

   
Thanks!
-sándor