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Defending currency is NOT anything like defending civil IP. It's not even covered by the same laws, for starters.

by larrik 16y ago

scott_s 16y ago
Bureaucracies are grown, not designed.
- getsat 16y ago
  They also rarely stop growing. "Bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." -- Oscar Wilde
  - joel_ms 16y ago
    That looks like a paraphrasing of Parkinson's Law[0] [0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_Law
- rdtsc 16y ago
  Sometimes they grow by themselves, not unlike a cancer. For example, just found out not too long ago that TVA* still exists! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority To me that is a prime example of a self perpetuating bureaucracy. It is like a self-aware organ of a larger organism that refuses to die and does all it can to fight back and stay alive. * For those who are wondering this is the Tennessee Valley Authority. Which was created during the Great Depression to help electrify the South. The South has pretty much been electrified but TVA still keeps on chugging along 80 years later.
  - yardie 16y ago
    It's a government chartered corporation. Like Fannie Mae or the Post Office. I was surprised to also found out they still existed when I got a call for a contracting gig with them. I believe the second sentence out my mouth after the introduction was, "I didn't know you guys were still here!". But it makes sense. It's not like all those dams, powerplants, and electrical lines continue to take care of themself once the installation is done. Unlike the governments law enforcement apparatus, TVA still works in the domain they were deployed for, managing water and electricity in the areas around Tennessee.
jbermudes 16y ago
While I agree with you, it is interesting to note that ACTA originally started out as an anti-counterfeiting agreement. But then again, counterfeiting currency might still be under different laws from counterfeiting designer jeans.
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Defending currency is NOT anything like defending civil IP. It's not even covered by the same laws, for starters.

by larrik 16y ago

Defending currency is NOT anything like defending civil IP. It's not even covered by the same laws, for starters.

scott_s 16y ago

Bureaucracies are grown, not designed.

getsat 16y ago
They also rarely stop growing. "Bureaucracy expands to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." -- Oscar Wilde
- joel_ms 16y ago
  That looks like a paraphrasing of Parkinson's Law[0] [0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinsons_Law
rdtsc 16y ago
Sometimes they grow by themselves, not unlike a cancer. For example, just found out not too long ago that TVA* still exists! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority To me that is a prime example of a self perpetuating bureaucracy. It is like a self-aware organ of a larger organism that refuses to die and does all it can to fight back and stay alive. * For those who are wondering this is the Tennessee Valley Authority. Which was created during the Great Depression to help electrify the South. The South has pretty much been electrified but TVA still keeps on chugging along 80 years later.
- yardie 16y ago
  It's a government chartered corporation. Like Fannie Mae or the Post Office. I was surprised to also found out they still existed when I got a call for a contracting gig with them. I believe the second sentence out my mouth after the introduction was, "I didn't know you guys were still here!". But it makes sense. It's not like all those dams, powerplants, and electrical lines continue to take care of themself once the installation is done. Unlike the governments law enforcement apparatus, TVA still works in the domain they were deployed for, managing water and electricity in the areas around Tennessee.

jbermudes 16y ago

While I agree with you, it is interesting to note that ACTA originally started out as an anti-counterfeiting agreement. But then again, counterfeiting currency might still be under different laws from counterfeiting designer jeans.

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