There is nothing in these comments to suggest that I conflate  
copyright and patents.
And I do not.   If you read the entire comment, it would be clear that  
I view copyrights
as slightly less odious than patents.
Gus

> On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
>
> AGSCalabrese wrote:
>> #1    Eliminate patents completely .  Close the PTO now.
>> #2    Restrict copyright to 20 years,  After 20 years copyright owner
>> can extend by paying copyright office $1000 per year or  30% of net
>> revenue from patent ( whichever is more ).  Once copyright expires,  
>> it
>> can never be renewed.
>
> You seem to confuse patents with copyright. Those are two very  
> different
> things. You might be against both, but you should be aware of the
> differences.
>
> -- 
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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