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IP Lies – and Theft: Cons from Con Men
Thieves lie – to advance their thievery. Because duh.
“Con Men” – is short for “Confidence Men.”
Their objective – is to steal from you. To achieve their objective – they weave webs of lies to gain your confidence.
To wit: Look at the 1960 Frank Sinatra-Dean Martin flick “Oceans Eleven.” Or its 2001 George Clooney-Brad Pitt redux.
The Eleven spend months and millions of dollars developing an incessant latticework of lies – to steal the casinos’ many, many millions of dollars.
It reminds me of something my father said:
“People work ten times as hard to avoid work – as the amount of work they would have done if they had just done the work.”
An so it is with Intellectual Property (IP) – and the Con Men who insist on stealing it. (more…)
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