[ExI] Best case, was Hard Takeoff

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... On Behalf Of Aleksei Riikonen
...
>... All the quality discussion seems to have moved to e.g. certain blogs
and websites, instead of mailing lists, which were on the intellectual
forefront in ages past.) --Aleksei Riikonen - 

I have noticed that trend as well, particularly in the mathematics forums.
Some of you IP hipsters can perhaps clue me if my theory is correct: the
reason the blogs and websites have become a popular forum is that the blog
owner actually owns the content that is freely donated to her website.  On
an email forum, it isn't clear to me that the originator of the internet
group actually owns the intellectual property posted there, but rather it is
considered public domain.  

What if someone posts a really good idea here for instance.  Can anyone
patent the idea?  What if the idea is posted to a blog?  Is there any
difference in IP ownership between the two cases?

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