They talking copyrights or all ip? I would think Musk has some appreciation for patents since his companies, y’know, actually make stuff. Without patents, the cars could be cloned and sold without Tesla’s involvement.
bigbadfeline•2mo ago
> They talking copyrights or all ip?
My hunch is - neither. "Delete all IP" is a clown show and they know it. It doesn't help to bring some sanity to the grotesquely overextended "IP" extravaganza.
seg_lol•2mo ago
Phenomenal things can happen when multiple out of phase signals have all temporarily aligned.
addaon•2mo ago
Looking forward to being able to rebadge junkyard Pontiac Azteks as Teslas legally, I think with a can of chrome spray paint I can find some customer overlap.
Rochus•2mo ago
> "Looking forward to being able to rebadge junkyard Pontiac Azteks as Teslas legally"
False advertising would still be criminally punishable at the federal level under 15 U.S. Code § 54 as a misdemeanor.
Zigurd•2mo ago
The aggrieved party would be Pontiac, and they've been out of business for a while.
Rochus•2mo ago
Criminal prosecutions under § 54 are handled by federal attorneys acting on behalf of the government, regardless whether a potentially aggrieved company is still in business or not.
burnt-resistor•2mo ago
Smells like utopian delusional spitballing anarchist syncretism that benefits some people while harming others. This is just more anecdotal but consistent evidence underscoring rich people aren't anything close to benevolent, historians, wise, or philosophers.
Rochus•2mo ago
The irony is that people call Musk a capitalist, but at the same time turn up their noses when he expresses anti-capitalist ideas. IP law has indeed become a tool for "intellectual monopoly capitalism" that concentrates knowledge in few hands, acts as barriers to market entry (especially for smaller, more innovative companies), and encourages rent-seeking behavior, misusing litigation rather than developing new ideas.
jleyank•2mo ago
bigbadfeline•2mo ago
My hunch is - neither. "Delete all IP" is a clown show and they know it. It doesn't help to bring some sanity to the grotesquely overextended "IP" extravaganza.