And none of this even gets into software copyrights,where people are claiming they own some of the very basic technologies used on the web today. That's patents, and I agree completely that the U.S. patent system is corrupt and seriously in need of an overhaul. But a patent is not a copyright is not a trademark. ;) bonni

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