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Retric
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De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds
Patents last for 20 years and can be invalidated or worked around. Copyright is ~forever.
riffic
on May 30, 2018
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_term
Retric
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Even that graph is on the low side for corporate projects. Just include a few teenagers in the process and push the expected lifetime up another 40 years.
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Beautiful illustration of how "for now" becomes "forever" as "now" moves forward.
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