• LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      So is it stealing when Google buys the patents from small inventors and says it’s theirs?

      Was it stealing when Thomas Jefferson stole his slave’s ice cream recipe and said it was his? Should the Hemmings family be given compensation?

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        So is it stealing when Google buys the patents from small inventors and says it’s theirs?

        No. It’s monopolization.

        Was it stealing when Thomas Jefferson stole his slave’s ice cream recipe and said it was his?

        No. It’s slavery.