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		bartl on Oct 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All patents are theft I think it's an allusion to the quote at the start of the article: "All art is theft". Maybe it would have been more correct as "all inventions are theft".

Angostura on Oct 26, 2011 [–]

Indeed,

I supopse that wouldn't have made nearly such a compelling headline.

xiaoma on Oct 26, 2011 | [–]

How so? To me, All invention is theft would have been a very compelling headline. Rather than conjure up images of a politically-minded linux geek, it makes me wonder what kind of article is behind such an apparently indefensible headline.

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