Small developers don't patent! (Score 1)

The essential thing of it is, you cannot own an idea, and merely defining laws which claim ownership don't change this fact. Look at software piracy for proof. In fact, asserting legal ownership over information merely provokes others to prove that they can access the information equally, patent notwithstanding. Witness software piracy, or DSS hacking. Let 'em keep adding weight to the whole IP system, it'll just collapse sooner.

Signed,
One with ordinary skill in the art.