Evolution under attack ... again

[B.J.Tindall]

Jan,
Unless Genesis was some early version of "Research Disclosure" that doesn't
help. If Genesis is a "general" publication then it would parallel Arthur
C. Clarke's description of satellite communication long before it became a
reality - which put the concept in the public domain. Anyway I like the idea.
Brian

At 12:19 13.8.2003 +0200, Jan Bosselaers wrote:
>B.J.Tindall wrote:
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>>If you think about this then this has direct consequences for topics such
>>as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the commercial exploitation
>>of organisms. If "intelligent design" and a Creator is responsible for all
>>life on Earth then surely the patent rights rest with that "person/entity".
>>Perhaps we are already infringing galactic patent rights. Still, not to
>>worry if the patent only lasts for 30 years. Of course should the Creator
>>have neglected to file such rights then I guess this means that all
>>organisms are in the public domain and no one country or person has rights
>>to them........
>>Brian
>>
>Exactly. After finding out that a PCT filing in a reasonable number of
>countries of the planet costs about $ 50,000, the creator contacted a
>financial adviser and decided to disclose it all in "Research
>Disclosure" (http://www.researchdisclosure.com/). That costs only $ 120
>a page and prevents anybody else from taking a patent on it in the
>future. Very clever! Intelligent design and business can go hand in hand...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jan
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