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by jMyles 26 days ago
...and none does. You can grow and sell any peach you want; the tree has no sense of the childish tantrums of the state over its bounty.

This is a strong and obvious indications that the laws and statues as presented by the state are not in fact the actual underlying modes under which society operates.
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bluerooibos 26 days ago
> ..and none does.

Monsanto begs to differ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman_v._Monsanto_Co.

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jMyles 26 days ago
Of course, but my point is: Monsanto is obviously incorrect. It's plain to see. Plants grow without permission. Bytes flow without permission. Ideas propagate without permission.

All this silliness to create a huge complicated regime to pretend that these things are "property" in the same sense as your underwear is just so obviously childish, incoherent, and inconsistent with reality.

It's just a really elaborate gown purported to be worn by the manifestly naked emperor.

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gruez 26 days ago
>Of course, but my point is: Monsanto is obviously incorrect. It's plain to see. Plants grow without permission. Bytes flow without permission. Ideas propagate without permission.

So you're against any sort of intellectual property?

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jMyles 25 days ago
> So you're against any sort of intellectual property?

I observe that the universe in which I live doesn't seem to include the concept of intellectual property, and that there is quite a lot of misery and confusion that arises from efforts to shoehorn it in.

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PunchyHamster 26 days ago
Current IP rights are overly stringent and ones designed to protect IP actively detract from progress.
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