> sounds absolutely bonkers to me. You own something and then suddenly you no longer own it. The fact that companies can own IDEAS don't sound bonkers to you?

> sounds absolutely bonkers to me. You own something and then suddenly you no longer own it. The fact that companies can own IDEAS don't sound bonkers to you? We should begin the conversation at that, not at the fact that the owning of ideas expires after some time. > It would be like if you woke up one day to see a family of squatters living in your house It's definitely nothing like that. A proper analogy would be saying you woke up one day to see someone else has the permission to copy (and sell copies of) your house. While you might not like it, it doesn't take away things you already have.