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I guess if you patent something and then never use and/or sell it, it will just sit there, protected by law, like a valuable piece of land full of weeds and shr
by bserge 5y ago
I guess if you patent something and then never use and/or sell it, it will just sit there, protected by law, like a valuable piece of land full of weeds and shrubs in the middle of a city.
- nwah1 5y agoLand titles and patents both have similar characteristics and both could be taxed by value to discourage idle use. The key for both is that the government is providing exclusive security of tenure over some natural opportunity in order to facilitate production. But if people take the opportunity but don't do anything with it, whether for speculation or laziness, they are excluding others. That would only be acceptable if they have paid the community for that right to do so.
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