17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
3:17 p.m.
Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> writes:
On Wed, Jun 11, 1997 at 07:18:52PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
Ideas are not protected speech, since they only exist in the mind, only expressions are protected.
Actually, expression is heavily encumbered with state mechanism, since it is expression that is "protected" by copyright. Ideas are also encumbered by the state, through patent law. The whole notion of expression and ideas as property is purely sustained by the state.
Yes - "copyright" is a pretty recent invention. I don't like it. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps