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RE: Stealing From the Poor to Give to the Rich (Intellectual Property = Reverse Robin Hood)
There is no doubt that often copyright and trademarking just goes too far. The example you use makes the point and there are countless others.
I read recently about one company having some kind of ownership of "Thank you" !
Thankfully people are opening their eyes to the insanity of this kind of thing - the recent case of "Happy Birthday" is an example.
Yes the "happy birthday song" which is also carries intellectual property and schools have been sued for letting the kids sing it when a kid had a birthday. It is really horrible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You