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.

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.

Propietary ownership of bacteria that allow fermentation

Getting sued for sitting down to poop in a similar position as done in some movie

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.

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.

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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You can’t skeet on my ex, I trademarked that ass ;)

Masseurs having to document and pay royality for every massage technique used.

Sneezing and breathing in different ways like hyperventilation.

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?

Ownership of specific light spectrums would be fucked up