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A Demonstration of How Copyright is Being Used in America

August 1, 2007 – 8:42 am

Some prisoners tried to get themselves out of jail by abusing copyright. They ended up in trouble of course, but one of the things they got in trouble for was extortion. It is hard to imagine how that might stick considering the prisoners are using the same system that “patent holders” are using on a [...]

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Where is Capitalism Anyway

July 2, 2007 – 9:33 am

There’s a hard case for saying capitalism still exists in America. Calling our market a free one is like saying a cage-free chicken is honestly free. The irony is that it is the market leaders (often ones who clamor for deregulation) are the ones that are steering America’s market towards a feudal system.
The linchpin in [...]

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