RC> Why is the law stupid?   
      
    BF>    If I make a ground-breaking invention, I can have it protected   
    BF> for a maximum of 20 years (patent). It costs me millions and takes   
    BF> hundreds of hours to fill out all the forms. After 20 years   
    BF> everybody is free to copy my invention and even to sell it.   
      
   millions of $$$ and hundreds of hours? really? what world are you living in??   
      
    BF>    If I pick up a microphone and record a song, I get it protected   
    BF> for life plus another 90 years. It doesn't cost me a single cent   
    BF> and not a minute of my time -- it's fully automatic.   
      
    BF>    And you don't think this is stupid?   
      
   you're talking about apples and butter :/   
      
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