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JASONNNN RAHHHH

Anyway, while it is not wrong to say that all of the law is just some stuff we made up and enforce. Trademark/patent law is some of the most made up bullshit in the world. The idea of ownership of an idea, a word, or its equivalent, and beyond that the idea of corporate ownership of just about anything, but especially a non-person entity owning an idea, is such incredible levels of "we have to control the words people say about us or we lose the fake money we have in the system that makes the lines go up on Wallstreet" that it loops back around to hilarious absurdity

Beyond that. It kills people. This isnt even up for debate, the most trademarked and patented things in existence are medical advances and technology. They make up 90% of patent law and it was recommended in law school that you should have an undergraduate degree in biology or chemistry at least if you wanted to go into the field. And these patents gatekeep and make medical tech wildly more expensive than they need to be for the cost of production.

So yes. I also think Patagonia are full of shit for this and I hope they lose this suit if they dont drop it like they should.

Part 1 here

i am collecting these ancient relics for a good reason. in the (annoying) words of the man himself

I talk about them all the time. the trick is to find someone you’re comfortable with or someone who’s also not normal about the character.

Hey! Just a reminder! AO3 does NOT have an app. This garbage was made by theives who steal fan artist’s work and sell it back to you.

“Oh, but it’s free!” There are ads. They are making money off of this. They are stealing from the creators you love and you are hurting those same creators if you use this app or any similar app.

App acts like a browser but paywalls offline reading while reviews state it’s full of intrusive ads and lacks basic functionality such as commenting. Do not use this app. Use the ao3 website. The app uses Gen-AI content for imagery on categories and is essentially forcing people to pay if they want to read your fics offline.

By the way you don’t have to pay anything to read fics offline. You can do it for free using easily accessible resources that don’t cost anything.

You do not need to pay $1 every week, $2 every month, or even $18 a year. It can be done free! By anyone!

If you don't have a PDF reader on your phone, there are any free ones (I personally like ReadEra). Or you download it as HTML.