>Don't expect me to do your homework for you. US copyright and patent
law is bad and getting worse, but it is largely because some idiot
thought it would be a >good idea to model it after the current EU
copyright and patent law. The fact that Europe had inherent copyright
and both patents and copyrights that last into >perpetuity was used as
justification for many of the stupidest parts of the DMCA and other
current US legislation. Despite the fact that it directly contradicts
the >US Constitution. sigh...
>my government...
>ryanm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
The problem "you" have is that you can get obviously patents on generic
ideas in the US, even more "ridiculous" (to stress this) as it turns out
that balthaser started with just a rough description in 2001 redefining
it over and over again in the last 5 years as time went by and new ideas
(from others) came up..something totaly impossible over here..
A good copyrightexample btw. is the "micky mouse"
Copyright in this case is usefull and justified. anything else is
ridiculous, like Disney holds a patent of animalcartoons in general, and
isn´t granted in Europe at no point...
And as you can´t find this in Europe your law cant be borrowed here form
Europe, whatever they tell you..and hey, since when do "they" listen to
us ??
But all this is very simple: vote carefully and make use of your rights....
Best wishes
Matthias
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