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by splat 5496 days ago
These ideas are reminiscent of the ideas of Andrew Joseph Galambos, who believed that one retained intellectual property rights indefinitely. (Reportedly, he believed that Thomas Paine coined the word "liberty" and put a nickel in a box every time he used the word so that he could pay Paine's descendants for royalties.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Joseph_Galambos