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WTF are you talking about? You, of all people, should

Posted on: November 25, 2016 at 14:28:24 CT
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be on board with the idea that anything that comes from the fruits of one's labor should belong to them. How are intellectual pursuits any different than physical?

If I were a lumberjack you would never claim that the tree I had just felled belonged to anyone but me. But if I am a coder you have no problem just stealing that code for your own purposes. How are those any different?
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GAT, why are patents good things? (nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 13:12:16
     RE: Patents Strengthen Intellectual Capital Rights - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 15:47:39
          It does the exact opposite (nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 16:11:50
               RE: What I Believe You're Asserting - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 16:22:56
                    what i am asserting - pickle MU - 11/25 16:40:39
                         RE: There's A Tradeoff - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 16:51:17
                              you might as well be talking about cheese - pickle MU - 11/25 16:56:01
                                   RE: The Relevance Is Tied To Patents - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 17:27:09
                                        there was no relevance - pickle MU - 11/25 17:35:09
                                             RE: You Said There Would Still Be Research - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 17:40:37
                                                  i'm not making that assumption at all (nm) - pickle MU - 11/26 10:24:03
                                                  Why would you put any cash into R&D knowing that anyone - DHighlander KC - 11/25 18:12:52
                                                       RE: There's A Reason Why Pharma Industry - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 18:43:59
                                                            That is the problem with being totally devoted to a single - DHighlander KC - 11/25 18:57:05
          How?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 11/25 15:54:26
               RE: Countries That Enforce Intellectual Property Rights - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 16:01:30
                    Why go through the effort and expense? - pickle MU - 11/25 16:13:40
                         RE: Why Are You Denigrating Profit? - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 16:15:20
                              Pickle is not quite bright enough to realize that no one - DHighlander KC - 11/25 16:33:50
                                   that is an unfounded, baseless, and irrational fear. - pickle MU - 11/25 16:45:42
                                        RE: Of Course, Creativity Is Stolen - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 17:16:55
                                             In your post here - pickle MU - 11/26 08:18:27
                                             Just saw a 20/20 episode of that and how crappy the quality - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 17:40:24
                                                  And people want it and buy it knowing that - pickle MU - 11/26 08:17:36
                                                       Really? Copying a trademarked logo and misleading people - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/26 09:00:41
                                                            correct, it's not theft - pickle MU - 11/26 10:13:43
                                                                 No, people don't know it's a knock off and are taken - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/26 10:30:29
                                                                      1. people do know it's a "knock off" - pickle MU - 11/26 10:44:25
                                                                           You are an idiot - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/26 18:19:45
                                                                                i am stating nothing but fact, Tigrrr - pickle MU - 11/26 21:08:04
                                                                                     Prove to me where a person buying an item, say sunglasses - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/26 22:04:36
                                        What profit? If I spent $100,000 developing a product and - DHighlander KC - 11/25 16:50:30
                                             that's...that's not how it works - pickle MU - 11/25 16:54:21
                                                  Are you really this dense? If I put $100,000 into R&D I - DHighlander KC - 11/25 18:04:56
                                                       you aren't addressing any of my points - pickle MU - 11/26 10:23:29
                                                       Yes, he really is that dense. - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/26 09:02:15
                              excuse me? - pickle MU - 11/25 16:23:12
                                   RE: Are You Criticizing Patents or Not? - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 16:27:17
                                        what? please make sense. - pickle MU - 11/25 16:37:25
                                             RE: What Doesn't Make Sense - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 16:53:16
                                                  you don't make sense - pickle MU - 11/25 16:55:05
                                                       RE: You Don't Understand Opportunity Cost - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 17:06:38
                                                            when i say you are all over the place - pickle MU - 11/25 17:28:07
                                                                 RE: So Being Vague - aj_arete01 MU - 11/25 17:32:41
                                                                      Pickle doesn't deal in black and white.... - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 17:50:06
     It's incentive for PRIVATE investment to create product. - GA Tiger MU - 11/25 13:34:00
          No, profit is the incentive - pickle MU - 11/25 13:47:43
               You need an opportunity to monitize the idea. - Coors4bob MU - 11/25 15:05:23
                    The opportunity is sales - pickle MU - 11/25 15:14:30
                         Sure thing, Rainman(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:15:14
                    You can do that without patents(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:08:54
                         do you actually think patent law will be repealed? - Ferg STL - 11/25 15:10:37
                              Just like all government will never be abandoned.... - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:13:45
                                   or all taxes will be eliminated - Ferg STL - 11/25 15:16:55
                                        And then when people refute the idiocy, he calls them stupid - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:18:31
                                             No one has ever refuted my ideas or positions - pickle MU - 11/25 15:36:07
                                        Things can be learned through discussions of topics - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:18:24
                                             There is no discussion - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:19:22
                                                  Stop blaming others for your behavior - pickle MU - 11/25 15:30:15
                                                       Everyone is an idiot except you....got it(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:47:34
                                                            Again, look at your behavior in this thread - pickle MU - 11/25 15:53:00
                                                                 Wrong pickle(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 16:04:15
                                                  Uh, pickle isn't even in this part of the thread - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:28:06
                                                       RE: Uh, pickle isn't even in this part of the thread - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:28:50
                                                            Correct, he started the thread - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:32:33
                              Probably not - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:11:24
                                   Why not? I wish the sky was pink - Ferg STL - 11/25 15:15:16
                                        I've seen plenty of pink, red, orange, and purple skies - pickle MU - 11/25 15:28:23
                                             while dropping acid (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 18:18:34
                                                  Looking at a sunrise and a sunset (nm) - pickle MU - 11/26 08:19:24
                                                       on acid(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/26 09:12:30
                                                            Grow up, Tigrrr (nm) - pickle MU - 11/26 11:33:44
                                                                 Don't do drugs. Stay in school.(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/26 22:05:10
                                        I've seen lots of pink sunrises, they're gorgeous(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:16:28
                                        Nice(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:15:37
          How do companies without patents innovate?(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 13:42:24
               Pickle is right. Pickle is always right. - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:07:57
                    Go find your safe space (nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 15:15:18
                         Hahahaha..... - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:16:28
                              You're losing it - pickle MU - 11/25 15:32:24
                                   Baby(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:47:48
                    what?(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:09:30
                         Pickle is so Goddamned smart he gets paid for his insightful - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:12:09
                              Ok, what does that have to do with my post?(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:13:10
                                   Who gives a rat's ass?(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:14:38
                                        neat(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:15:37
               Various ways. Does it matter to this issue?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/25 13:48:50
                    Of course it is - cnk ATL - 11/25 13:49:56
                         Ok. Water is wet. Thats irrelevant also.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/25 13:51:43
                              You just agreed it isn't the only (it isn't even the primary - 90Tiger MU - 11/25 14:06:28
                                   And "it" would be what, in your post?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/25 14:09:36
                                        The same "it" that was in your reply to me (nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 14:13:51
                              cnk refuted your claim - pickle MU - 11/25 13:54:37
                              You said it was incentive - cnk ATL - 11/25 13:54:35
                                   One point is your it and my it aren't the same.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/25 14:23:22
                                        Then what is your it?(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 14:43:39
                                        LOL you ARE senile (nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 14:25:06
          That's odd. Most private investment occurs without - ummmm MU - 11/25 13:39:04
     People are entitled to the fruits of their intellectual - DHighlander KC - 11/25 13:16:24
          Intellectual property is not legitimate property rights - pickle MU - 11/25 13:46:49
               So writing a nice piece of computer code that makes for - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 13:57:12
                    You can protect it without patents(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 14:03:26
                    You're asking the wrong question - pickle MU - 11/25 14:00:45
               well sure it is - MIZZOUowns SEC - 11/25 13:54:02
          So, without going into everything else involved with patents - ummmm MU - 11/25 13:25:45
               ^^^Can only think in the extreme. One more mental hangup.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 11/25 13:35:13
                    "extreme" is a relative term. - ummmm MU - 11/25 13:38:29
                    Apparently it wasn't all that whacky, since Highlander - Evenflow MU - 11/25 13:37:46
               Patents are intellectual property and like all property it - DHighlander KC - 11/25 13:35:05
                    So, you disagree with the current 20 years timeframe? (nm) - ummmm MU - 11/25 13:37:37
                         I personally see that as entirely arbitrary. But one could - DHighlander KC - 11/25 13:53:45
                              But you do see the world in absolutes - pickle MU - 11/25 13:56:56
                                   WTF are you talking about? You, of all people, should - DHighlander KC - 11/25 14:28:24
                                        Because information cannot be owned - pickle MU - 11/25 14:36:48
                                             You really need to learn to add 'In my opinion' in front of - DHighlander KC - 11/25 16:44:07
                                                  good grief - pickle MU - 11/25 16:47:35
                                                       You claimed that intellectual property cannot be owned. - DHighlander KC - 11/25 18:23:00
                                                            it's fact, not opinion - pickle MU - 11/26 11:17:26
          Here's the part where your brain just stops, completely. - Evenflow MU - 11/25 13:18:38
               Right, because leeches like you and Pickle think you have - DHighlander KC - 11/25 13:28:15
                    Says the government worker - pickle MU - 11/25 13:49:09
                    I am a lot of things, sir, but I am not a leech. - Evenflow MU - 11/25 13:30:56
                         I do and I am contracted to provide a service to those I - DHighlander KC - 11/25 13:43:26
                              No you aren't. - pickle MU - 11/25 13:53:07
                                   Sure thing, Rainman(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 14:12:48
                                   That coming from the one who has zero understanding of the - DHighlander KC - 11/25 14:03:00
                                        Every penny you have received was stolen from someone - pickle MU - 11/25 14:10:35
                                             Sure thing, Rainman(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 14:13:28
                                        Why are teachers unions against vouchers, why do they - 90Tiger MU - 11/25 14:05:19
                                             because teachers unions, like all unions, are in place to - DHighlander KC - 11/25 14:17:49
                                        He understands it. You don't. (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 11/25 14:04:10
                              There are other ways to protect that information other than - cnk ATL - 11/25 13:45:34
                              So, I work to pay for you to live. - Evenflow MU - 11/25 13:45:17
                                   Only to the terminally stupid. I thank god that someone - DHighlander KC - 11/25 14:11:23
               So someone shouldn't have a right to have their - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 13:25:45
                    Why wouldn't someone get financially rewarded? - pickle MU - 11/25 13:50:15
                    the funny thing is this comes from the same idiots who talk - DHighlander KC - 11/25 13:30:59
                         you're ignoring the rights of everyone other than the - 90Tiger MU - 11/25 13:59:03
                              If it was his ideas why should others simply be allowed to - DHighlander KC - 11/25 14:23:27
                                   How has Coca-Cola been so successful without a patent?(nm) - cnk ATL - 11/25 14:53:40
                                        Why does Coca-Cola protect its recipe so closely? - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:09:55
                                             And why would they need the force of gvmt's guns to do so?(nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 15:24:22
                                                  Because whoever steals the secret recipe should die(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:49:20
                                                       Again, look at your behavior (nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 16:14:32
                                                            Neato(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 16:26:02
                                             Correct...without a patent - cnk ATL - 11/25 15:10:41
                                   There should only be one hamburger restaurant (nm) - pickle MU - 11/25 14:29:54
                         You don't know the first thing about rights - pickle MU - 11/25 13:58:13
                              Why don't you go to work for an economic think tank? - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 14:11:54
                                   Because I don't want to - pickle MU - 11/25 14:17:43
                                        Well you seem to have an answer for everything - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 14:24:44
                                             Own your own actions. Quit playing the victim - pickle MU - 11/25 14:27:25
                                                  Wrong pickle(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 14:29:36
                                                       Always the victim - pickle MU - 11/25 14:33:41
                                                            Wrong pickle(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/25 15:06:29




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