alt Hacker NewsIn fact, we need to provide more intellectual property rights for people over their names. Famous people's names should be blocked off in perpetuity for their families only, though resale may be permitted. It is time we formalized this universally held social behaviour.
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tliltocatl • today at 7:08 PM
> more intellectual property rights
is the last thing we need. Granted, picking a famous name you don't have any association with is an a-hole move. Not all a-hole moves should be illegal.
Perpetuity is insane. You shouldn't be able to name something "Ramses" without permission even though he's been dead for over 3000 years?
I could see maybe 20 years after death being reasonable.