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billswift
on Aug 4, 2009
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Copyrighting the English language
Also, copyright, unlike patents REQUIRES copying. A patent can infringe accidentally, even if you didn't know the patent existed. With Copyright you must have actually copied from a copyrighted work for your work to be infringing.
username
on Aug 4, 2009
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Is comparing the same as copying? Would it be copying if someone tells me whether something I make is the same as their copy or not?
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