From TorrentFreak:
‘Struggling’ Screenwriter Sued By Twentieth Century Fox For $12 Million
Written by enigmax on November 28, 2010
Described online as a struggling screenwriter who sells flowers to make ends meet, P.J. McIlvaine is now facing the biggest struggle of her life. After creating a free online library of Hollywood movie scripts to assist other screenwriters, she incurred the wrath of Twentieth Century Fox. Without any previous contact, the movie giant sent private investigators to P.J’s home to gather information and has now sued for a mind boggling $12 million.
It is of course a copyright infringement to illicitly quote a protected movie script in whole or part, but as there is no longer any point in evading evidence of such given only accusation is needed, I may as well produce the following infringing derivative:
Can someone go back in time and forestall the legislator who had the bright idea of granting immortal corporations equivalent status to human beings? Better still, go back and tip the Framers off that Madison was going to insert a clause he would later insinuate gave Congress power to grant the privileges of copyright and patent. Strangely, even today, these privileges are no longer to restricted to the original authors and inventors, but are also transferable to others, especially the aforesaid immortal corporations.
When does this cultural cancer stop? Must we all end up bankrupt and incarcerated before we say ‘enough’? Or will it take starvation and the annihilation of all content consuming cattle before the corporate golems finally power down?
Corporations are creatures of state law. What has that to do wtih the Constitution or Madison? States had that power before the Constitution.
They’re two things that a time travelling agent might be able to remedy.
They’re two things that make corporations a threat to humanity.
Corps. have nothing to do with it. THey are legitimate. SEe Hessen.
Are you telling me that Hessen argues conclusively that a corporation, a legally created entity, should have the same status in law as a human being? If so, I take it that you concur?
Crosbie, see e.g. these posts:
http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/08/legitimizing-the-corporation-and-other-posts/; http://www.stephankinsella.com/2010/02/rothbard-on-corporations-and-limited-liability-for-tort/; http://www.stephankinsella.com/2010/05/richman-and-carson-on-the-bp-oil-spill/.
Hessen argues that you do not NEED the “legal personality” theory to justify corporations. They can form solely by operation of private contract between “shareholders.” The state came up with the idea that they need legal personality, but that this is a privilege not a right, as an excuse to double-tax and regulate. Corporations should be unregulated and not granted legal personality; they don’t need it.
Well, it seems that we have no dispute then.
Privileges of monopoly and human status to corporations should never have been legislated.
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