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Originally Posted by pwalker8
So what you are saying is "we stole this fair and square, it's ours now!" Sorry, a simple refusal to address the distinctions between copyright and actual property and saying "get over it" doesn't mean that you are right, it just means that you are unwilling to engage in a honest discussion.
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No, it means address the distinctions. Don't pretend you are addressing them by making meaningless statements like "it's not property."
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The idea of Intellectual Property as it is currently used, only dates back to the 60's and 70's
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Bull. The term is at least two centuries old, and the concept was the there from the beginning of the idea of copyright whether it was called that or not.
And even if it were so, exactly where on the time spectrum between 40-50 years and "thousands of years" will you give up and accept the terms everyone else uses?
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We forget that until fairly recently, patents were only granted for things that could be made and copyright was 28 years.
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No we don't forget. But we realize things change.
Many of us want to restore terms closer to those old ones.
The way to get them is by demonstrating that it's better for society and lobbying or electing legislators who agree.
Pretending you can change anything by renaming IP doesn't help any one.
Is this how you'd have addressed slavery? "No people! Slaves are _not_ property! They are a government granted lifetime monopoly on indentured servitude!"
How does that help? How does that further the cause?
I think I'm done with you.
Someone else will hopefully address other public disservices you post.
ApK