Okay, this is going to get controversial. Just bear with me.
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The processes for manufacturing clothing are certainly patentable; almost every new method of weaving and stitching has always been patented. Why shouldn't the processes for making movies be just as patentable?
He isn't speaking here of the mechanical process of aiming a camera at actors, editing together the film, and projecting it in front of an audience--that's old news. I don't know if anyone ever got a patent on live-action movie production, but Walt Disney got a patent on animation.
Instead, he's talking about what amounts to the instructions for making a specific movie: a script.
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The processes for manufacturing clothing are certainly patentable; almost every new method of weaving and stitching has always been patented. Why shouldn't the processes for making movies be just as patentable?
He isn't speaking here of the mechanical process of aiming a camera at actors, editing together the film, and projecting it in front of an audience--that's old news. I don't know if anyone ever got a patent on live-action movie production, but Walt Disney got a patent on animation.
Instead, he's talking about what amounts to the instructions for making a specific movie: a script.
Learn more.
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