Was thinking of this after a conversation I had on a thread about dreams. Someone joked “I was dreaming of the events of The Matrix, then I was woken up by someone worried my dream was infringing the Wachowski’s copyrights”, and it turned into a whole train of thought in my mind, like violating IP law because you stole fire from Zeus which was his intellectual property.

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    Sexual positions are locked behind tiered paywalls. The most basic ones are free, but as they get more interesting, you have to pay increasing royalty fees.

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    My comment on this thread isn’t visible when J view the thread itself. It’s visible if I access it through my own comment history.

    Does anyone know why that might be? I’m using the Voyager client for ios.

    Can y’all see a comment I made, top level, in this thread, other than this one?

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    Lineages could claim copyright of children and their works as derivative. Entire families could claim copyright of their descendants and all works related. Each new generation resets the timer on expiration if the copyright expirations still apply.

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    Paying money every time you sit on a chair. Part goes to the owner, part goes to taxes, part goes to the chair maker’s company, part goes to the chair desiger, a drip goes to the chair maker.

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    When you’re born, Pantone checks your skin color and charges you. You need to get a license before you get tanned or they fine you.

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    It would be pretty funny if airplane manufacturers trademarked their con-trails, so each type of plain left a different trail behind

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      I think Anish Kapoor owns Vantablack if that counts. Technically he probably just owns the right to the paint