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by Eddy_Viscosity2 283 days ago
It would be a powerful enough weapon if the target of the patent infringement case did not have crazy deep pockets. The costs of defending a winning case can be more than small game developer could hope to afford.
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You got it. Copyright is about defending monopolization, not just about creative rights and ensuring attribution.

Copyright is an artificial system propping up huge sections of the economy/whole industries. It's internal protectionism at best and hindering progress at worse. Nothing "free market" about it.

Patents and copyright are fundamentally different things.
Errr my bad, you're right.

IP*