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	Texrat	2009-11-30 , 22:38
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Originally Posted by danramos

Part of the harm that could come out of this is the "split hair" (but profoundly important "split hair") difference between something that is "property" and something that is "licensed."

I can see that.

But some seem to misunderstand that there actually is property represented by patents, trademarks and copyrights. They confuse the original protected item with representations, which can be nebulous (content of a book, sound of music, etc). It's a shame this issue gets so bogged down by misunderstandings... but then, I have to blame those who have been steadily bastardizing the original intent for much of that.

EDIT: yeah, your edited post explains it better than I did.

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