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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
It might as well be when it starts making sense.
I have several problems with IP:
1) if it's property, why does it revert to public domain after a time? It would make sense for it to stay a property and licence forever. It's said that it's not really a property, but it's called property. Bad naming.
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If you look at it like real estate there are cases where it reverts to public land. It's my feeling that in the computer age Intellectual Property becomes or should become just like any other property in how we manage it. The copyright and patent system is very outdated and often inappropriate to digital technologies.
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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
2) parts of it are property as well. With small enough parts, it's likely that different creators created the same part independently, so the latter one is in copyright violation. Where does it stop? There is a good short story about society in which people are allowed to trademark words, and have communication systems good enough to detect every use of that word and demand payment. Is that what it'll be?
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it's TURTLES all the way DOWN!