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Re:Copyright Industry Madness Takes 6 Years To Catch Up With... by anothermachine on Saturday November 10, 2012 @02:29PM (#4767477)
That's ridiculous. Saying "wouldn't it be cool" isn't prior art. Describing a working system is.
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Re:Copyright Industry Madness Takes 6 Years To Catch Up With... by michaelfeathers on Saturday November 10, 2012 @03:41PM (#4767672)
Maybe the law has changed but I heard that a patent for a waterbed was once refused because Robert Heinlein had described one in a novel.
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