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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by Retric on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @09:51AM (#17187610)
Patents last for 20 years and can be invalidated or worked around. Copyright is ~forever.
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by riffic on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:17PM (#17188977)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_term
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by Retric on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:47PM (#17189850)
Even that graph is on the low side for corporate projects. Just include a few teenagers in the process and push the expected lifetime up another 40 years.
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Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by gowld on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:55PM (#17189343)
Beautiful illustration of how "for now" becomes "forever" as "now" moves forward.
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