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Originally Posted by bingle
Jefferson in particular has a great quote, that I think really highlights the 'natural' right to copy:
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Jefferson is talking about "ideas". A book is not an "idea", any more than a house is an "idea". One can indeed have ideas about both the storyline of a book and building a house, but both only come into existance when you give them a physical manifestation - write the book, or build the house. Its the physical manifestation which gets the protection, not the idea.