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Originally Posted by miguel1626
Copyright, on the other hand, is a much trickier issue - especially when it comes to fiction. I just can't call an author evil because he wants to make money out of his work. And the fact that Stephen King holds the copyright to his novels doesn't prevent anyone else from writing another novel (now, if you could patent "a process of creating a written work of fiction using pen and paper" - now that would halt progress).
If I'd the choice,
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On the surface it does appear that patent trolls and copyright holders are different but I am still not quite sure. For instance, you say the patent troll prevents others from implementing an idea, wouldn't Stephen King's copyright holdings prevent someone from implementing an idea (copying King's work) that Stephen King had and filed at the copyright office years earlier?
What I mean is why is literature so different than a technological invention?
Every day we make choices.