XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: defaultuserbr@yahoo.com   
      
   Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
      
   > Default User wrote:   
   > > David Johnston wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Under the free (which means _unregulated) market) people would be   
   > > > able to copy any ideas they wanted.   
   > >   
   > > Ideas are supposed to subject to copyright anyway, just specific   
   > > expressions of them. Now, the reality of copyright decisions is   
   > > somewhat different.   
      
   I, naturally, did a reverse-o. I meant to say, "Ideas are not supposed   
   to be subject to copyright . . ."   
      
   > Actually, ideas get patented.   
      
   Not really. Certainly not, "a TV show about XYZ."   
      
      
      
   Brian   
      
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