Gate, under US law, you cannot copyright ideas.

Intellectual property can be protected under patents, trademarks, and copyrights. None of these protects pure ideas.  The laws governing each are somewhat different, as are the laws governing publicity rights, use of one's image (photograph of a person, for example), defamation, and privacy.

I would quote you to show you where you are conflating these things, but I find your writing, while articulate and sensible, also hard to read, and I do wish you would consider using a spellchecker because it would make communicating your point much easier.

I also think that while it is one thing to discuss the ethical merits of a position, it is another to give someone bad legal advice.  I do not think any of us should feel good about giving Ragtopjohnny advice that might result in action being brought against him.

But in the end, when it comes to legal advice, it's worth every penny you paid for it.

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