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Microsoft Pushes For Single Global Patent System
Xerolooper writes "What would the world be like if everyone could enjoy the same patent system we use in the USA? From the article: 'A senior lawyer at Microsoft is calling for the creation of a global patent system to make it easier and faster for corporations to enforce their intellectual property rights around the world.' They have already attracted opposition from the open-source community and the Pirate Party. According to the article, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will be meeting in Geneva on the 17th and 18th of September."
Silence! Guards! Have this man cut in half! Send one half to the slug breeding caves and the other to the sun! Patent suffrage isn't extended to the likes of half burned up corpses bloated with slug eggs! Wahaha! Wahahaha!
Wait what? We don't have a worldwide empire yet? Well what can we do to him? Nothing? Well fine.
To answer your question, when the glorious day comes. No, you won't get a vote. Now get out of here!
And that was the last Terry Fox run I ever participated in.
The Pirate Party's opposing it? Well, then, if they're on the case, problem solved. Woohoo!
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Who cares about huge profits. You worry about you. The profits are what is required to incentivize those that will work the 14 hour days, to do so. The shareholders elect who they think best fits the roll. If they think the CEO is being overpaid they can sell their shares. Or vote no on the retention bonus.
What is boils down to is grumbling jealous slashdotters that want a piece of the action without a piece of the labor. Again-- you worry about you. Taxing the corporations does nothing but make it more expensive to operate. If their profits are lower, they cannot consider hiring more people to expand their operations.
Tax the people getting the paychecks. Quit trying to flipping take over every single piece of society that hasn't been completely mauled by the government's hands yet.