Children will feel rage. Even the sweetest and most civilized of them, even those whose parents read the better class of literary magazines, will feel rage. The world is uncontrollable and incomprehensible; mastering it is a terrifying, enraging task. [....] Through immersion in imaginary combat and identification with a violent protagonist, children engage the rage they've stifled, come to fear it less, and become more capable of utilizing it against life's challenges.
One of the most forceful statements of the right to copy appears in the very recent Supreme Court decision in Bonito Boats. Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.: "imitation and refinement through imitation are both necessary to invention itself and the very lifeblood of a competitive economy."[9]
At issue in Bonito Boats was a Florida statute that made it unlawful to duplicate products using the "plug-molding" process. That process represents the most "slavish" copying imaginable. The competitor uses the originator's product to make a mold. and then uses the mold to make duplicates of the originator s product. In the Hand/Holmes tradition, the Court found that the Florida attempt to outlaw plug-molding "[erodes] the general rule of free competition."[10] The Court based its decision in part on the fact that (at least as to patentable subject matter) there is "a federal right to `copy and to use.'"[11] and that "`[t]hat which is published may be freely copied as a matter of federal right.'"[12]
As an aside, does anyone think that consumers were honestly confused by the copies? Do you think Apple was harmed by the loss of even one computer sale? Just because consumers aren't particularly computer-literate dosen't meant they're dumb.
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Children will feel rage. Even the sweetest and most civilized of them, even those whose parents read the better class of literary magazines, will feel rage. The world is uncontrollable and incomprehensible; mastering it is a terrifying, enraging task. [....] Through immersion in imaginary combat and identification with a violent protagonist, children engage the rage they've stifled, come to fear it less, and become more capable of utilizing it against life's challenges.
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One of the most forceful statements of the right to copy appears in the very recent Supreme Court decision in Bonito Boats. Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.: "imitation and refinement through imitation are both necessary to invention itself and the very lifeblood of a competitive economy."[9]
At issue in Bonito Boats was a Florida statute that made it unlawful to duplicate products using the "plug-molding" process. That process represents the most "slavish" copying imaginable. The competitor uses the originator's product to make a mold. and then uses the mold to make duplicates of the originator s product. In the Hand/Holmes tradition, the Court found that the Florida attempt to outlaw plug-molding "[erodes] the general rule of free competition."[10] The Court based its decision in part on the fact that (at least as to patentable subject matter) there is "a federal right to `copy and to use.'"[11] and that "`[t]hat which is published may be freely copied as a matter of federal right.'"[12]
As an aside, does anyone think that consumers were honestly confused by the copies? Do you think Apple was harmed by the loss of even one computer sale? Just because consumers aren't particularly computer-literate dosen't meant they're dumb.