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Facebook Fined 100,000 Euros In German Intellectual Property Dispute (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A regional court in Berlin found that Facebook had not changed their terms and conditions statement to adequately address intellectual property concerns. The court fined Facebook 100,000 euros ($109,000) today, just one week after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's visit to Berlin, where he was awarded the first ever Axel Springer Award for entrepreneurship and innovation. Four years ago, in response to a complaint filed by the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV), a German court found that Facebook's terms and conditions did not address the circumstances in which users intellectual property could be used by Facebook or even licensed to third parties. The regional court in Berlin ruled today that while Facebook did change the wording of the statement on intellectual property in their terms and conditions, the message remained the same.
Intellectual property is stupid, it's nonsense. Everyone only wants money for every letter they write. Progress is halted this way, only rich companies are able to develop something new. If people like Einstein were born today, everyone would tell them they are crazy, or sue them, when they use something, they have taught about themselves...