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Post by Lord Bismarcus on May 8, 2008 10:28:39 GMT -5
Behold the Electric Slide dance. Seen at weddings and other what-nots, this dance happens to be copyrighted, and the owner of the copyright (who is also the choreographer) has sued people time and time again for performing the dance in public. Now, a dance is nothing more than information that dictates a pattern of body movement. He has copyrighted that information. In doing so, he has made it illegal for you to move your own body in a certain way.Do you now see how absurd the notion of intellectual property is? You can't own what you can't touch.
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Post by pinkard on May 8, 2008 10:41:28 GMT -5
There is one solution to this conundrum.
If intellectual property is actual property it can and should be taxed at its market value - just like houses, cars, boats and all manner of assets. It is the only "property" on the face of the earth that isn't taxed in fact.
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Post by Lord Bismarcus on May 8, 2008 10:45:22 GMT -5
Idea tax.
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Post by pinkard on May 8, 2008 10:47:38 GMT -5
No more faggot rock stars livin' high on the hog for 45 years because of one damned Top 10 record. No more J.D. Salinger wastes of humanity.
Tax them into oblivion.
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Wedge
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It's from Star Wars
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Post by Wedge on May 8, 2008 14:56:29 GMT -5
to tax it though, it would probably first have to be worth something
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Post by pinkard on May 8, 2008 15:19:16 GMT -5
Is'is soom sart o' Eyerish poozlin' limericky doolally? A wee bit o' blaerney and toadstools?
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