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Old 04-30-2009, 07:49 PM   #72
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Originally Posted by Ankh View Post
Yet, we do NOT treat this particular type of the intellectual property (there are others, technology patents come to mind) as a financial or commercial asset. For a very long time, the institution of a library and (almost) free access to the copyrighted material is built into the system as an exception.
Your first sentence is clearly wrong by the very fact that copyrights and patents are treated this way, and the second sentence about libraries seems to be a non-sequitor. These works are still available in libraries regardless of copyright length.
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