[MURG] Uploading IP (intellectual property)

[cat13 at illrepute.org]

"Yan King Yin" <y.k.y at lycos.com> writes:

> From: cat13 at illrepute.org
> 
> >Perhaps you should look further into why people give up good money in exchange
> >for bonds.
> >No less cryptically: "bonds" are a type of "security".  What is secure about
> >some crackpot scheme?  Replace "uploading" with "the ascension"; why aren't
> >tokens funding the immanentization of the ascention bought and sold?
> 
> I'm not quite sure what you mean by immanentization.

Causing to be immanent - i. e. intentionally bringing about in the near future.

> But maybe you're right afterall, IP can only protect
> inventions that are already being utilized and turning
> a profit. If the invention is not being utilized then
> its patent does not offer any advantage (maybe some
> slight, indirect advantages but I'm not sure). There-
> -fore the conclusion is that IP cannot help MU (under
> current law of 20-year patent life). And therefore,
> MU cannot be commercialized until we're at least close
> to within 20 years of achieving it.

I hadn't thought of the 20-year legal aspect.

> One more reason to turn to AI.

You said that you don't think subprojects are the way to go.  Why not?

> [ I've typed up a reply to your other questions, but
> they're kind of trite so let's skip it. ]

I've been cranky, and possibly unfair.  Skipping them is perfectly fine by me.