Do you think it would be worse if film/music/television/etc. hadn't?

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On 14 September 2010 16:12, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote:

> 2010/9/14 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>
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>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]>wrote:
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>>> If by "knock-offs" you mean copies at the UI level, let me remind you
>>> of the Lotus-vs-Borland suit in the early 1990s where it was judged
>>> that user interfaces cannot be copyrighted.
>>>
>>
>> And yet, Apple sued HTC a few months ago for infringing on 20+ UI 
>> patents<http://phandroid.com/2010/03/02/apple-sues-htc-for-patent-infringement/>,
>> including "pinch to zoom" (note: patents, not copyrights).
>>
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> Do you really think the world would be better if Apple had been able to do
> that kind of thing back in the day?
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