intellectual property in society theme
The treatment of intangible creations of the human intellect as property by law is discussed. Copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets are notable examples of such things. Questions that arise are typically about whether something deserves the legal protection it is afforded, or vice versa.
Examples
In tz1959e5x34 "Come Wander with Me", "Rock-A-Billy Kid" Floyd Burney expresses the opinion that he isn't obligated to pay any money for Mary Rachel's song because it is in the public domain.
10 total · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama7x14 | minor | Should Bender be allowed to copy Silicon Red's folk song? |
| movie: Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) | minor | A crew of Video Pirates, who hijacked an MCA Home Video ship, uncovered a vast amount of videotapes and laserdiscs, and promptly began illegally bootlegging the media. |
| movie: Archive (2020) | minor | An Archive company representative accused George of having violated one of their patents in his making of a very human-like android. |
| movie: Armageddon (1998) | minor | It came to light that NASA had violated one of Harry's drill patent. |
| movie: Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018) | minor | The viewer is made to ponder about whether the pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant was justified in having his employees sign what were perhaps onerous nondisclosure agreements to protect his trade secrets. |
| movie: Paycheck (2003) | minor | Jennings consented that all his work done at the Nexim corporation was the intellectual property of the corporation under the terms of his non-disclosure agreement. |
| movie: Teknolust (2002) | minor | Rosetta discussed the morality of patenting DNA sequences with a colleague. |
| movie: The Henderson Monster (1980) | minor | The matter of whether a genetically engineered plastic eating bacteria should be patentable was discussed at a public hearing. |
| tos2x12 | minor | It came to light that Harry Mudd had been arrested for illegally selling the rights to a fuel synthesizer patent to the Denebians. |
| tz1959e5x34 | minor | Floyd Burney was of the opinion that he wasn't obligated to pay any money for Mary Rachel's song on account that it was in the public domain. |