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		tshaddox on March 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge Says Mathematical Algorithms Can’t Be Patent... I'm a fan of privacy, so I wouldn't like people secretly taking skin samples and distributing facts about my DNA, but I wouldn't like the ability to license parts of my own DNA and expect the government to enforce IP laws to cover my DNA.

natefinch on March 28, 2013 [–]

That's privacy, not copyright. Completely unrelated.

dinkumthinkum on March 29, 2013 | [–]

Not really, the incentive to copyright incentivizes the invasion of privacy. I can walk behind you with a trash bag and voila. Sure, they are different but related.

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