[81654] in Cypherpunks
Re: Thoughtcrime (Re: My War)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Thu Jun 12 09:51:33 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 97 08:40:26 EDT
In-Reply-To: <19970611221203.50854@bywater.songbird.com>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 1997 at 07:18:52PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
> > Ideas are not protected speech, since they only exist in the mind, only
> > expressions are protected.
>
> Actually, expression is heavily encumbered with state mechanism, since
> it is expression that is "protected" by copyright. Ideas are also
> encumbered by the state, through patent law. The whole notion of
> expression and ideas as property is purely sustained by the state.
Yes - "copyright" is a pretty recent invention. I don't like it.
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