>>SNIP
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>>>And keep in mind that gravity is a free public service - they never turn it off, not even on weekends, completely free of charge.
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>>So far. If genes can be patented, someone will try gravity sooner or later.
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>I wonder. According to my textbook on Patents, Copyright, etc., laws of nature can't be patented.
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>Recently, however, patent claims have emerged on things almost as ridiculous as the law of gravitation; specifically, two important parts of Web design: a) hyperlinks, and b) frames. I wonder what comes next.

Fire, wheel.