If Major League Baseball can copyright the performance of its games, why can't I copyright the "expression" of my credit worthiness? i.e. the amount I spend and the bills I pay off?
How much rent do you pay to live in your own home? (Ignoring any mortgages) the answer is probably "none".
Unless you're calculating GDP.
Or trying to find new sources of tax revenue (e.g. the old Schedule A of the U.K. income tax).
"The Talk.Origins Archive is a collection of articles and essays, most of which have appeared in talk.origins at one time or another." -- http://www.talkorigins.org/
It's hard to believe this kind of crap goes on. One would think it would be a huge competitive disadvantage which would force the company to change or go out of business. But the truth is most, if not all, companies are rife with these kind of inefficencies.
Any obvious attempt to alter a hurricane (or any weather phenomena) would immediately open one up to all kinds of liability. Even if you had 100% success today you'd be blamed for any ill effects down the line. Prevented that hurricane from destroying a coastal city? Congratulations -- too bad you've upset some farmers suffering a drought farther inland.
However, if you hid your true motives (e.g. eliminating destructive weather patterns) behind some commercial activity (e.g. mining gold from the ocean) you'd no doubt be untouchable.
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If Major League Baseball can copyright the performance of its games, why can't I copyright the "expression" of my credit worthiness? i.e. the amount I spend and the bills I pay off?
Are you sure it wasn't Feynman that said that?
Or maybe even this guy http://www.aip.org/pt/vol-57/iss-5/p10.html
How much rent do you pay to live in your own home? (Ignoring any mortgages) the answer is probably "none". Unless you're calculating GDP. Or trying to find new sources of tax revenue (e.g. the old Schedule A of the U.K. income tax).
"The Talk.Origins Archive is a collection of articles and essays, most of which have appeared in talk.origins at one time or another." -- http://www.talkorigins.org/
It's hard to believe this kind of crap goes on. One would think it would be a huge competitive disadvantage which would force the company to change or go out of business. But the truth is most, if not all, companies are rife with these kind of inefficencies.
Any obvious attempt to alter a hurricane (or any weather phenomena) would immediately open one up to all kinds of liability. Even if you had 100% success today you'd be blamed for any ill effects down the line. Prevented that hurricane from destroying a coastal city? Congratulations -- too bad you've upset some farmers suffering a drought farther inland. However, if you hid your true motives (e.g. eliminating destructive weather patterns) behind some commercial activity (e.g. mining gold from the ocean) you'd no doubt be untouchable.
Sounds like a job for the WTO.