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My opinions used to be similar to yours. The current copyright regime in the US, as well as the application of patents to software and "business processes", bot
by EvanAnderson 7y ago
My opinions used to be similar to yours. The current copyright regime in the US, as well as the application of patents to software and "business processes", both feel like abuses and perversions of the original intent of US patent and copyright law.
Having said that, I've become a bit more pragmatic over time. I can see value in limited-time monopolies being granted by statute. (Can you imagine the wacky alternatives that private individuals and companies would write into contracts if "IP" law didn't exist?) Limited-time, being a major sticking-point with me, and something that really needs to fixed under the current US copyright regime.
- pitaj 7y ago> (Can you imagine the wacky alternatives that private individuals and companies would write into contracts if "IP" law didn't exist?) There are countless examples of trade secrets that exists in this exact state. These things are already in employment contracts.
- JTbane 7y agoYeah, software patents are absolutely awful. Source code is like a written recipe, you absolutely should be able to copyright it. But you shouldn't be able to patent it. All software patents do is encourage lawsuits and trolling.
- teddyh 7y ago> Source code is like a written recipe, you absolutely should be able to copyright it. But you can’t copyright recipies, AFAIK.