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   From: 80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com   
      
   "Kweeg"  wrote in message   
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   > "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com> wrote in message   
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   >> "Kweeg"  wrote in message   
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   >> > "Anybody"  wrote in message   
   >> > news:061220051819158374%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com...   
   >> >> In article , ToolPackinMama   
   >> >>  wrote:   
   >> >>   
   >> >> > Keeper of the Purple Twilight wrote:   
   >> >> > > On 2005-12-05 21:17:51 -0600, ToolPackinMama   
   >    
   >> > said:   
   >> >> > >   
   >> >> > >> Al Smith wrote:   
      
      
      
   >> >> > > They are legally prevented from doing so, AFAIK they could get   
   >> >> > > sued   
   >> >> > > if   
   >> >> > > they do that.   
   >> >> > > Which is why none of the authors ever frequent these NGs.   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > But that is absurd!  You can't patent/copyright a "concept"!   
   >> >>   
   >> >> That depends on how detailed you make it.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> You obvious can't patent "device to breath underwater", but you can   
   >> >> patent / copyright "device to breath underwater utilising sponges and   
   >> >> grape jelly". Anyone who then makes a product using sponges and grape   
   >> >> jelly for breathing underwater could be in trouble.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Apple Computer (among others) patents concepts galore, many of which   
   >> >> it   
   >> >> never uses or has any intention of using.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> If you were to described a detailed storyline that then later turned   
   >> >> on   
   >> >> on TV identically or "close enough", then the person claiming it as   
   >> >> there own would be in serious trouble (assuming you can prove you came   
   >> >> up with it first).   
   >> >   
   >> > There you have it, the definitive answer form "Anybody" (he's so   
   > s-m-r-t)   
   >>   
   >> You know, I never had a problem with him until he started calling me and   
   >> others (on a different group) trolls, just because we did not agree with   
   >> him. Now, I look at what he writes and feel bad for him. He obviously has   
   >> nothing to do other then bitch and moan about anything and everything.   
   >   
   > Indeed... and apparently he knows how to produce and write (and probably   
   > cast and act in) TV shows too. Just ask him.   
      
   Of course he does. Yet, I have not seen him offer one good idea on how to   
   improve Trek, or anything else he bitches about. Not that I read all of his   
   rants, just the ones I stumble across.   
      
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