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PNG exists because GIF was patented. The lack of gifs for so long was directly because of the royalty costs.
That's one of many examples where science and culture were stifled because of excessive IP laws.
That's a patent. Not copyright.
-Reads title.
So, where does it say copyright again?
Oh I'm sorry, though the entire article being about copyright was enough.
If I spend an entire article talking about ways that school dress codes fall afoul of cultural values because Scot sometimes wear kilts, am I not talking about dress codes?
Just because you can't extrapolate doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't.
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The reality is that copyright, trademark, and patents are crazy different but that's cool. Just bundle them up.
But they all share the same flaw....
I asked for an example of copyright hurtting society.