WEBVTT

NOTE Appendix: Some Questionable Examples of Patents and Copyrights

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000
Against Intellectual Property by Stephen Kinsella

2
00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.000
Appendix

3
00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:11.000
Some questionable examples of patents and copyrights

4
00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.000
Some exemplary U.S. patents

5
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:19.000
Christmas Tree Stand Watering System

6
00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:26.000
U.S. Patent Number 4993176 February 19, 1991

7
00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:30.000
A Christmas tree watering stand shaped like Santa Claus

8
00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.440
Initiation Apparatus

9
00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:37.120
U.S. Patent Number 819814

10
00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:43.880
May the 8th 1906. A harmless way of initiating a candidate into a fraternity

11
00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:49.880
by shocking him with electrodes. Method of exercising a cat

12
00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:54.680
U.S. Patent Number 5443036

13
00:00:54.680 --> 00:01:03.680
August 22, 1995, shining a laser light onto the floor to fascinate a cat and cause it to chase the light.

14
00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:20.680
A pat on the back apparatus, US Patent Number 4608967, September 2, 1986, apparatus with simulated human hands to pat the user on the back.

15
00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:38.680
Hyper Lightspeed Antenna, U.S. Patent No. 6025810, Feb. 15, 2000. Poking hole in another dimension to transmit RF waves at faster than lightspeed, incidentally accelerating plant growth.

16
00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:56.680
Force-Sensitive Sound-Playing Condom, US Patent Number 5163447, November 17, 1992, self-explanatory, for example it could play Dixie

17
00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:02.680
Method and System for placing a purchase order via a communications network

18
00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:09.680
U.S. Patent Number 5960411, September 28, 1999

19
00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:17.680
Amazon.com's one-click method for purchasing an item on the World Wide Web via single mouse click

20
00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:22.680
Financial Certificates, Systems and Process

21
00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:32.680
US Patent No. 6017063, January 25, 2000, Inflation Indexed Gift Certificate or Mutual Fund Share

22
00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:38.680
Method and System for Measuring Leadership Effectiveness

23
00:02:38.680 --> 00:02:50.680
US Patent No. 6007340, December 28, 1999, Assigned to Electronic Data Systems Corporation

24
00:02:50.680 --> 00:03:04.680
Sanitary Appliance for Birds, U.S. Patent No. 2882858, April 22nd, 1959, a bird diaper

25
00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:18.680
Religious Soap, U.S. Patent No. 3936384, February 3rd, 1976, a bar of soap with religious design on one side and prayer on the other

26
00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:34.680
And finally, A Method of Preserving the Dead, U.S. Patent No. 748284, December 29, 1903, Preserving Dead Person's Head in Block of Glass

27
00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:44.680
Copyright law, while it has not led to as many clearly absurd applications, has also been extended greatly by the courts.

28
00:03:44.680 --> 00:04:02.680
Originally intended to cover literary works, the concept has been stretched so that authored works include computer programs and even machine language and object code, which is more analogous to a machine part such as a cam than to a literary work.

29
00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:07.680
Against Intellectual Property by Stephen Kinsella

30
00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:14.680
Published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama

31
00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:24.680
The printed copy, available on the Mises.org website, contains all the footnotes and bibliography.

32
00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:35.680
The preceding audiobook was read by Jock Coates in Oxford, England. Available on www.jockcoates.me