If it was his ideas why should others simply be allowed to
Posted on: November 25, 2016 at 14:23:27 CT
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leech off of them?
He is not granted a monopoly, he is simply having the fruits of his labor protected.
If I discover a way to make aluminum as strong as steel then I should be the one to make money off of that process, not everyone who has the ability to copy my process. Now that I have shown it is possible you are welcome to work on a different process that accomplishes the same task. Again that is the difference between knowledge and intellectual property.