Archaic_Entity
Sharpshooter
- Nov 9, 2008
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I don't believe that a thought, or word, or idea is property. What is property is what you do with it.
ATOMonkey was pretty spot on with his alchemy reference. If I have the idea, but I never do anything with it... why is that mine? Now, if I create the device that turns lead into gold. That idea has taken creation and is now in a form. I own that form, and no one else does. Copyrighting or patenting a working form is far more sensible. But I can't copyright the idea of lead-to-gold. All I'm doing is stifling innovation. Sure, I may corner the market, but as soon as someone else sees what I'm doing... they can attempt to replicate the end result, but they shouldn't be able to copy the form that I used. Maybe their way will be better, maybe worse. But that's how progress happens.
ATOMonkey was pretty spot on with his alchemy reference. If I have the idea, but I never do anything with it... why is that mine? Now, if I create the device that turns lead into gold. That idea has taken creation and is now in a form. I own that form, and no one else does. Copyrighting or patenting a working form is far more sensible. But I can't copyright the idea of lead-to-gold. All I'm doing is stifling innovation. Sure, I may corner the market, but as soon as someone else sees what I'm doing... they can attempt to replicate the end result, but they shouldn't be able to copy the form that I used. Maybe their way will be better, maybe worse. But that's how progress happens.