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		nazgulnarsil on July 15, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Misinterpreting Copyright good thing copyright was invented. human beings made little to no progress before it. without the incentive to copyright no one ever invented anything.

cduan on July 15, 2009 [–]

Please keep your intellectual property straight. Creative works are COPYRIGHTED. Useful inventions are PATENTED. Names associated with goods and services are TRADEMARKED.

(Or perhaps there is a missing </sarcasm>? I didn't see it...)

nazgulnarsil on July 15, 2009 | [–]

irrelevant, intellectual property is in the same league as dry water.

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