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Wikipedia jumps aboard the bogus 'freedom of panorama' bandwagon

Friday 10th July 2015 12:32 GMT Anonymous Coward

Value

Patent has a maximum of 20 years.

Copyright a maximum of a lifetime+70 years.

Seems really out of balance to me. Why does an artists doodle have more value than invention?

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