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progressoid

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9. It's also insanely important to small, individual creators.

Reply to gredinger (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 29, 2020, 12:36 PM

Feb 2020

If I write a successful book or a popular song etc, with this law I can count on it to benefit my children when I die rather than a corporation snatching it up and cashing in on it.

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Intellectual Property Reform. [View all] gredinger Feb 2020 OP

... handmade34 Feb 2020 #1

Wow... gredinger Feb 2020 #2

yup handmade34 Feb 2020 #3

It's also insanely important to small, individual creators. progressoid Feb 2020 #9

It was even nicknamed the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act" JHB Feb 2020 #11

I agree that intellectual property rights are manipulated. defacto7 Feb 2020 #4

Right to Repair gredinger Feb 2020 #6

Right to Repair. I'll have to look it up. defacto7 Feb 2020 #7

Right to Repair gredinger Feb 2020 #8

Agree, agree, agree... defacto7 Feb 2020 #10

If you have a copy, I think you can SHARE it with family and friends. But, if caught, you can't SELL Hoyt Feb 2020 #5