I can take materials and land, and build a house. I can live in said house.
But if someone claims that the way I cut the wood was under a patent, then they can lay claim on my property with make-believe property - that of which is in the mind.
It's also how we get absurd things like BRACA1 gene for breast cancer is "owned" by a company, meaning all those with breast cancer somehow owe this company for using any techniques to find it.
Or it's how we get idiotic things like "I'll sell you this shiny disk, but the software says you lose all first sale doctrine cause of copyright".
Or, with laws strengthening copyright (DMCA) say "You may have bought and own this hardware, but it's illegal for you to fix it without our approval, because of 'prevention techniques'. " Might I remind you, that only 30 years prior, companies would attach the schematic of the electronics in the back panel for easy repair.
'Intellectual Property' degrades property in every way.
I can take materials and land, and build a house. I can live in said house.
But if someone claims that the way I cut the wood was under a patent, then they can lay claim on my property with make-believe property - that of which is in the mind.
It's also how we get absurd things like BRACA1 gene for breast cancer is "owned" by a company, meaning all those with breast cancer somehow owe this company for using any techniques to find it.
Or it's how we get idiotic things like "I'll sell you this shiny disk, but the software says you lose all first sale doctrine cause of copyright".
Or, with laws strengthening copyright (DMCA) say "You may have bought and own this hardware, but it's illegal for you to fix it without our approval, because of 'prevention techniques'. " Might I remind you, that only 30 years prior, companies would attach the schematic of the electronics in the back panel for easy repair.
'Intellectual Property' degrades property in every way.