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askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long should the ideal term of copyright be? (beehaw.org)
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[-] mistermc101@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

from a certain standpoint I understand wanting to protect your ideas, they are yours you came up with them. but at the same time it can restrict innovation harshly, i think it's bandai namco but they have a copyright on loading screen games in the video games and like Nintendo has a copyright for the d-pad design. it's just too much

[-] mrcory@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

I believe you are conflating patents with copyrights.

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