Re: Asimov Site

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

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> Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote in message <39A8848F.3D78FA28@inetnebr.com>...
>
> >Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints - and try not to
> leave
> >even those.
>
>     Until of course 7 Eleven pays the park service $50mil to get it renamed
> "7 Eleven's Petrified Forest" after which the 'look and feel' of it will be
> a trademarked.

Name one national park that something like that has happened to. I'm waiting.

> At that point, you see, they have to sue people who take
> photographs, they can't help it. Failure to do so, of course would forfeit
> their trademark rights, and even if they wanted to be nice....

LOL - what planet are you from? Where is the US is that done? Nowhere, which, of
course, is what Utopia means....

>
>
>     Roy, it might suprise you, but you can still remain a non-marxist, and
> see the flaws in capitalism, especially corporatism. \

What is corporatism? Where does it prevail? How, if at all, does it bear upon
capitalism? Please supply facts and sources.

> One day, physical items
> will be just as easily copied as software is today. There might be
> limitations, but one day it will happen, even fools should be able to see
> that. Whether its 10 years from now, or 50,000 who can say? Should today's
> rules apply then?

Been watching a bit too much of Star Trek I'd say.

>
>
> Now, is capitalism sucks, and marxism sucks, what else is there?

1. I don't think that capitalism "sucks", but some capitalists are rather nasty
people
2. Feudalism. Fascism and it's mirror image Socialism. Anarchy. Theonomy.

Roy

> Dunno yet,
> but I could use some help figuring it out.
>
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