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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by bogositosius on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @11:37PM (#14252843)
Patents don't purport to offer protection for ideas.
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Re:The licensing program for MP3-related patents has been te... by hackinthebochs on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:09AM (#14253432)
Was something unclear about this sentence?

>To be clear, I didn't say that's what patents are for (i.e. their purpose), but what they correct for, i.e. what they do in practice.

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