UN Bigwig: The Web Should Have Been Patented and Licensed 411
An anonymous reader writes "Cory Doctorow over at BoingBoing has unearthed an amazing video where the head of WIPO, the UN agency responsible for 'promoting' intellectual property, suggests that Tim Berners-Lee should have patented HTML and licensed it to all users. Amazingly this is done on camera and in front of the head of CERN and the Internet Society, who look on in disbelief."
Re:Who... (Score:5, Funny)
I think some woman in a pond threw a sword at him.
Perhaps she should have thrown it harder.
If only... (Score:5, Funny)
This certainly might have prolonged Gopher's viability.
Re:The point of laws and courts... (Score:5, Funny)
One way or another, a whole bunch of people get shot up and you start all over again.
It isn't the first time it happened, and it won't be the last. Hell, it's happening right now in the Middle East. It's starting to brew here. Granted, it's a bunch of rail-thin, jobless hipsters who think they can bank a liberal arts degree towards a white collar salary, but it's starting nonetheless.
Re:Well? What do you expect? (Score:4, Funny)
A surgeon will recommend to operate. A lawyer to do legal work. A soldier to kill ...this guy
I strongly object extrajudicial killings. Brain surgery looks like a human and compassionate way to deal with this guy.