The US Defense Department’s grand strategy for protecting Taiwan from a massive Chinese military offensive involves flooding the zone with thousands of drones.
  • LustyArgonian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 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.worldEnglish
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      3 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.