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> Just because you own something DOESN'T give you impunity to 'waste' it as you see fit Under US law you sure do. You also have to define "waste". The owners
by Lambdanaut 13y ago
> Just because you own something DOESN'T give you impunity to 'waste' it as you see fit
Under US law you sure do.
You also have to define "waste". The owners of 4chan.com are obviously holding onto their domain because they see it as a valuable asset. I doubt they'd see this as wasting their property. They're watching it grow in value.
Your argument would virtually have us outlaw anyone from holding onto an asset if it could immediately be used better by somebody else.
As a counter-example: Why should anyone be allowed to horde gold? There's a gold shortage and it would be of much more use in computer manufacturing.
That's obviously insane, and yet it's essentially the same scenario.
I understand that it would be better for the common good if 4chan.com was owned by 4chan.org, but if we're playing the game of Capitalism, then these are the rules.
- dsego 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
- atwebb 13y agoThat's for currency, am I missing something?
- Lambdanaut 13y agoHaha interesting side-case. Well, I will say that it certainly wasn't an example of Capitalism, and I don't condone something as silly as the illegality of owning a specific element like gold.
- doomrobo 13y ago*hoard I actually just found out that it's a homophone with horde (I thought they were spelled the same and had different meanings).