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World Intellectual Property Day

Posted by Zonk on from the break-out-the-party-hats! dept.

Dotnaught writes "The Business Software Alliance wants everyone to know that today is World Intellectual Property Day, 'an initiative to educate young people about how intellectual property rights foster innovation, creativity and economic opportunity.' To mark the occasion, CopyNight, a monthly gathering of people interested in restoring balance in copyright law, is hosting a get-together tonight in various cities throughout the U.S."

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  1. Re:Examples? by Mr+Ambersand · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'd be surprised if he did beg to differ. Without copyright law, it would not have been necessary to re-create Unix and the Unix infrastruction (including the C compiler).

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