From: Hal Finney (hal@finney.org)
Date: Sun Jun 09 2002 - 15:03:26 MDT
Harvey writes, quoting Hal:
> > If you have such laws, then you should support lawsuits even when they
> > are used to suppress competition. If someone has some property which
> > is being infringed on by someone else, they have a choice: defend their
> > property rights, or ignore the infringement and seek to compete more
> > vigorously so that they can win despite the disadvantage they face.
> > We cannot always say that the second alternative is superior.
>
> You mistakenly assume that I don't support such laws. I was merely
> commenting on whether some lawsuits are extropian or other lawsuits are
> not. I support the law equally in all cases. If people own property,
> they have the right to make un-extropian choices with it. I support
> their right to do so. But I still call it un-extropian.
So if Intel builds an expensive new IC fab, and some competitor walks in
and begins using the facilities to produce their own chips, then you are
saying it is non-extropian for Intel to try to stop them via a lawsuit?
That Intel should just suck it up and work harder to compete?
Hal
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