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Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What di...
The US Constitution does not recognize ideas as property. Copyrights and patents are limited-time incentives which may be granted by the government to encourage creativity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Clause
Also, satire isn't protected, but parody is.
basisword
on Dec 11, 2014
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The US constitution does not effect me. Thanks for the correction on satire/parody, got them mixed up.
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Also, satire isn't protected, but parody is.