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		Maursault on Jan 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia prepares to abandon $40B Arm bid You are wildly incorrect. Intellectual property rights were invented by ~500BC by Greek colonists in Sybaris (Italy) predating the invention of movable type and the use of gunpowder in warfare by well over a millennia.

varjag on Jan 28, 2022 [–]

Wildly? Anyone practiced these for successive thousands of years elsewhere?

Maursault on Jan 29, 2022 | [–]

Just my poor attempt at humor. I should have said, "surprisingly." Nice catch.

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