Archive for March 13th, 2005

March 13th, 2005

Nestle chief rejects the need to `give back’

Companies shouldn’t feel obligated to “give back’’ to the community, because they haven’t taken anything away, the Austrian-born chief of the world’s largest food company told local executives yesterday… “What the hell have we taken away from society by being a successful company that employs people?’’ he said.

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March 13th, 2005

Against Software Patents

The following comes from a post on ObjectivismOnline. For more, see the original thread.

The protection of intellectual property requires the ability to create and apply an objective standard. Attempting to enforce intellectual property rights without the existence of an objective criteria or the ability to apply it violates real property rights, regardless of the [...]

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