• shrugal@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Because the example is not about copyright in particular but monopoly vs exclusive access. I wanted one that’s not about art to illustrate the point, and the priciple is the same in this regard.

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        trademark has nothing to do with copyright. they’re two sets of laws that developed a two different times for two different reasons.