--- Magnus Manske magnus.manske@web.de wrote:
While I basically agree with both notions, I can see that someone investing money in getting to Zaire and taking precise measurements, or in sequencing some DNA and determining what it does (broadly speaking), should get something in return. If the question is no information vs. information to pay for, the latter is preferable, IMHO. But, patents are likely the wrong way, and Wikipedians traveling to Zaire and taking down coordinates would certainly be best :-)
It also takes effort and money to obtain a photograph of a painting whose copyright is in the public domain. Yet the resulting photograph is not protected by copyright.
-- mav
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