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Re: Patents and Copyrights
The idea behind patents is that in 1 relatively short time (17 years*) technology would advance sufficiently such that the value of the invention would be close to zero.

Copyrights are valid for a far longer period because the advance of creativity is relatively quite slow. Bugs Bunny cartoons from 60+ years ago are still entertaining today, for example.

That help?

(*As defined by USPTO)
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