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Should A Person Be Able To Own An Idea?

Discussion in 'Religion & Philosophy' started by upside-down cake, Feb 12, 2015.

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  1. Longshot

    Longshot Well-Known Member

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    Yes, a person who comes up with an idea owns it. If he chooses to give it away by sharing it with others then he no longer owns it. It is now in other people's brains because he has taken action to transfer the idea to their brains.
     
    Longshot, Feb 18, 2015
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  2. Deckel

    Deckel Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Don't know--Marxism, like free-market capitalism, has never existed.
     
    Deckel, Feb 18, 2015
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  3. J0NAH

    J0NAH Banned

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    thats a very common perception and not true also imo. thats generally a capitalist mindstate if of course you refer to profit as money.
     
    J0NAH, Feb 22, 2015
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  4. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    Regardless of your opinion, the rise of invention occurred after the creation of patent laws. Having a limited time to profit from a patent gives incentive to profit from it ASAP. People trying to get around other patents also leads to innovation.
     
    perdidochas, Feb 23, 2015
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  5. J0NAH

    J0NAH Banned

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    none-sense. what you call inventions are nothing more that innovations of of established inventions.
     
    J0NAH, Feb 23, 2015
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  6. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    Please explain with examples. The above is just doublespeak. (BTW, the word is nonsense, not none-sense)
     
    perdidochas, Feb 24, 2015
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  7. J0NAH

    J0NAH Banned

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    there are no examples of inventions since 1400. everything after that point was an innovation on an already existing idea.
     
    J0NAH, Feb 24, 2015
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  8. DennisTate

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    This may be kind of off topic......
    but if super efficient carborateurs do exist that can get eighty miles per gallon more......
    then a truly ethical President would void the application of patent law that keeps those
    life saving carborateurs off the market............

    No.... people should not be able to have absolute ownership over an idea... especially one that can benefit and save many lives.....
     
    DennisTate, Mar 18, 2017
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