[LINK] Is it unethical to infringe a patent?

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 07:59:11PM +1000, Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> > if there is any theft going on in the patent world, it is entirely
> > on the part of the thieving scumbags who are attempting to convert
> > short-term limited monopoly rights into actual property. that conversion
> > is theft.
> 
> from whom? there cant be theft without an owner.

from everyone.

ideas can't be owned.  patents are not ownership of an idea, they are a
government grant of (limited and short-term) monopoly rights.


craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)