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NYC_SKP

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11. I think the historic model was good, but now is unsustainable.

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 11:25 AM

Dec 2011

...if for no other reason than the fact that the little guy can't compete in the courtroom.

Witness Tesla v Edison; it wasn't even particularly sustainable 100 years ago.

If protection entails such restrictions of use that we create a population of criminals, I say let's toss protection out the window and invite full freedom of expression and use.

The very concept of "property" and "ownership" becomes more annoying as I grow older.

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