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   From: kweeg@nospam.shaw.ca   
      
   "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com> wrote in message   
   news:O-adndqE8PAnyQjenZ2dnUVZ_tWdnZ2d@rogers.com...   
   > "Kweeg"  wrote in message   
   > news:P%blf.50609$ki.17958@pd7tw2no...   
   > > "80 Knight" <80_knightREMOVEME@rogers.com> wrote in message   
   > > news:_fOdnegbmbefswjeRVn-uQ@rogers.com...   
   > >> "Kweeg"  wrote in message   
   > >> news:Vd9lf.50021$ki.11822@pd7tw2no...   
   > >> > "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.   
      
   Heh heh, indeed.   
   And according to "Anybody" the only way to improve Trek is the deaths of   
   Berman and Braga 'cause they're to blame for *everything.* Oh and stop   
   "Hollyweird" recycling ideas (and making them better) like the re-imaging of   
   Battlestar Galactica. (IMO the best and most enjoyable Sci-fi series since   
   B5, oh ya and season 4 of Ent)   
      
   --   
      
   Qapla'   
   Kweeg   
   Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal   
   http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath   
   "Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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