httpwebwitch - 1:23 pm on Feb 24, 2010 (gmt 0)

>> doesn't own a copyright >> they'd even own my brain

it's not copyright, it's patent.

You mustn't make hasty judgements based on the title of the patent. You have to read the thing. The patent is more specific than "System for automatically generating queries" - it's an actual invention, not a vague string of adjectives and nouns.