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		freejazz on Feb 13, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial It doesn't work and the only historical evidence you can point to is the merchant of venice, not the actual theories of property rights the drafters had in mind. This is an asinine argument. Exclusive here doesn't mean the owner can't sell, it means he's the only person who can decide to sell. That's why it's their exclusive right.

anonymouskimmer on Feb 13, 2024 [–]

It's asinine to expect citizens in a democratic republic to have to accept the word of experts as to the rights that they enjoy.

freejazz on Feb 13, 2024 | [–]

You don't, use the damn dictionary as I insisted to you several times. Nothing I've pointed out relies upon some expert meaning of those words.

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