[LAU] ASCAP Assails Free-Culture, Digital-Rights Groups

[PMA]

The former, as I understand or don't, makes property
the ability to *copy a specific expression* of an idea.
I didn't mean this to address what is or isn't insane.


Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> On 30 June 2010 at 18:23, PMA <PeterArmstrong at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Has this thread distinguished between Copyright and Patent?
> 
> I don't think we've gone down the road of patents yet.
> 
>> As I understand, it is the latter that makes ideas property.
> 
> So does the former.
> 
> But, the notion that discovering a gene (sequence) in an organism 
> could be patented is about as insane to me as to say that Columbus 
> should own the new world because he discovered it, even though some 
> would dispute that as well.
> 
> [I'd better start round-filing this OT thread now that I threw fuel 
> on the fire.  ;-)]
> 
> 
> --
> Kevin
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