> ..and none does.

Monsanto begs to differ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowman_v._Monsanto_Co.

Of course, but my point is: Monsanto is obviously incorrect. It's plain to see. Plants grow without permission. Bytes flow without permission. Ideas propagate without permission.

All this silliness to create a huge complicated regime to pretend that these things are "property" in the same sense as your underwear is just so obviously childish, incoherent, and inconsistent with reality.

It's just a really elaborate gown purported to be worn by the manifestly naked emperor.

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gruez 10 hours ago | parent [-]

>Of course, but my point is: Monsanto is obviously incorrect. It's plain to see. Plants grow without permission. Bytes flow without permission. Ideas propagate without permission.

So you're against any sort of intellectual property?

	▲	jMyles 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> So you're against any sort of intellectual property? I observe that the universe in which I live doesn't seem to include the concept of intellectual property, and that there is quite a lot of misery and confusion that arises from efforts to shoehorn it in.
	▲	PunchyHamster 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Current IP rights are overly stringent and ones designed to protect IP actively detract from progress.