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@Harrison Danneskjold Why no copyright/patent in the spear age? Money had not been devised yet, among other things. Quick search on "when did copyright start". On May 31, 1790, the first copyright law is enacted under the new United States Constitution. The new law is relatively limited in scope, protecting books, maps, and charts for only 14 years. These works were registered in the United States District Courts. https://www.copyright.gov/history/#:~:text=On May 31%2C 1790%2C the,the United States District Courts. People also ask: Why was copyright originally created? The law was meant to provide an incentive to authors, artists, and scientists to create original works by providing creators with a monopoly https://www.arl.org/copyright-timeline/ The copyright timeline provides an overview of several milestone changes. From almost the inception of this country, copyright and patents law may have provided the fuel for the rocket explosion of what was possible to man.

Chickens Starve at California Farm as Corn Shipments Run Late https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chickens-starve-california-farm-corn-181422444.html

in the same vein, https://www.businessinsider.com/app-detects-if-chatgpt-wrote-essay-ai-plagiarism-2023-1

So if I do not avail you to the idea or the product of my mind, you can neither homestead, nor claim it as your own? (ignoring both your typos and grammatical errors)

https://courses.aynrand.org/works/patents-and-copyrights/ Would you care to walk us through the article and point out where you imagine she digresses from the process of reason, step by step?

I was referring to the "throw in the towel" approach to the process of civilization muddying the waters of what Rand clearly put forth in her essay on patents and copyrights. I happen to agree with Rand on this point, to the extent I understand her. You have offered me nothing to persuade me to check my compass, or adjust my sails.

You are welcome to start a thread on that note/topic, if you so desire.

@KateTheCapitalist , there is a process to change the laws of this country. As Washington was credited with having stated and Rand paraphrased, let us raise a standard to which the honest will

@KateTheCapitalist, individuals complying with patent law in America make new inventions available under different premises than you are using to rationalize "freedom" in the broader context at play. The "non-scarce" idea has to pass into the public domain first presumably, not by your fiat.

...and so it begins. Regulation of just what an AI can use in satisfying its programmers.

In Leonard Peikoff's 'History of Philosophy' he pointed out that Mathematics was the first science to be spun off of philosophy (in ancient Greece). It's interesting how the unknown, or yet to be identified, has the Platonic, or mystical, element going for it even to this day. Undertones of the spiral theory of knowledge seem to be underground currents that go undetected, at best.

I like how two of the three kinds are connected to reality, while the "third" is not. You examples conjured the following question in my mind. What side of the law are the bookies usually portrayed on, contrasted with, say, actuaries working for the insurance industry?

As a designer, good design practice was not to stipulated the process, unless it is necessary. This allowed fabricators to bid what they deemed necessary to meet the design specifications most economically. Patents, per Rand required the material object being patented, but not the process by which it was produced. If a cheaper process can be found, perhaps there would be value in it to the inventor/holder of the patent.

Do I want Facebook, Twitter, etc., creating algorithms to filter what can be posted or redacted to my feed? Ultimately I want to be the one determining if said speech is truthful or not, not delegating it to a third party saying "trust us to filter it for you."

Ambiguity is the 'enemy' of objectivity, be it political or contractual. Ambiguity moves issues from the rule of law/contract to the rule of hidden-bureaucrats/men.

Your recollection took me to the wikipedia page supporting that "fire/theater" - "draft/slavery" connection. The people posting on Facebook are demanding a microphone, if Facebook makes has an EULA in place implicitly agreed to up applying for an account and their 'censored' posts run counter to the EULA.

Free speech does not mean that a microphone (or internet format, etc., ...) be provided. Endangering those around you by yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater has, thus far, provided a concrete example used as a counter-example.

John C. Wright - The Golden Age (Trilogy) The Golden Oecumene (2002) The Phoenix Exultant (2003) The Golden Transcendence (2003) A blend of sci-fi, well seasoned with some history and mythology. The first read is likely to hold several surprises that enrich subsequent reads.

I only brought up the Kissinger article because it was couched in such a way to be of interest to me. I did click on it after all. Then I chose to introduce it here. It is just another example of what the MSM are positing as appetizers for the clientele they are cultivating for? Conflicts overseas, rotating shortages on local supermarket shelves, increasing federal deficits, why should anyone care about any such things?

Do you take the Spectator article by Henry Kissinger to be more objective than the Hillsdale article that was towing the same line as Russia Today put forth?

In regard to the Hillsdale College article I linked to, your assessment was of the same leaning as the sources whYNOT has been providing. A headline from the Drudge Report written by Henry Kissinger doesn't seem to bode much better an article: How to avoid another world war

It's missing an element she admired of the United States, of enshrining individual rights in its governing documents. In this sense, ths USSR fits the description used elsewhere of the law being used as a club until wrested from it by a larger gang, etc al.

https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/relationships/love-romance/2001-12-20 Thought of this post when I saw this referenced elsewhere on the web