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Okiemockbird | 'Should auld copyrights be forgot ?' (54* d) | RE: BS: 'Should auld copyrights be forgot ?' | 07 Jan 00 |
McGrath of Harlow, your remarks remind me of something Thomas Jefferson once wrote: "He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me." (Letter to Isaac McPherson, August 13, 1813). Jefferson was writing about patent law, not copyright, but I think the same principle applies to artistic expression as to inventions: light should be shared; your light doesn't darken me. |