Verily I say unto thee, that Phil Da Lick! spake thusly:
amicus_curious wrote:
Well the obvious lesson you can learn here is to not be a little
guy, eh?
What a bloody stupid statement. *Every* company /starts/ out small. The
creation of "IP" protection rackets only serves to inhibit entry to what
is supposed to be a free market by creating impenetrable barriers.
It's all very well gloating about protectionist thugs like Microsoft
being the "big boys", but the fact is that if the "IP" landscape in the
70's had looked like it does today, then Microsoft would never have even
existed. Essentially you are hypocritically and unethically endorsing
the concept of racketeers profiting from (what should be) a crime that
would have destroyed those same racketeers when they were starting out.
You might just as well justify punching a baby in the face by claiming
that "it's his own fault for being so small and helpless".
