The issue here is indeed control. It is the appropriation of material that they don't own for a purpose that is, however altruistic and lofty and wonderful, nevertheless a commercial enterprise. Nick Taylor
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[But his role in the actual invention was murkier, disputed over decades in the courts and even now in scientific circles.] You would have a lot of argument, ... Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the 30-Year Patent War. - Nick Taylor Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0J1dCBoaXMgcm9sZSBpbiB0aGUgYWN0dWFsIGludmVudGlvbiB3YXMgbXVya2llciwgZGlzcHV0ZWQgb3ZlciBkZWNhZGVzIGluIHRoZSBjb3VydHMgYW5kIGV2ZW4gbm93IGluIHNjaWVudGlmaWMgY2lyY2xlcy5dIFlvdSB3b3VsZCBoYXZlIGEgbG90IG9mIGFyZ3VtZW50LCAuLi4gTGFzZXI6IFRoZSBJbnZlbnRvciwgdGhlIE5vYmVsIExhdXJlYXRlLCBhbmQgdGhlIDMwLVllYXIgUGF0ZW50IFdhci4g&author=ICBOaWNrIFRheWxvciAgICA=&num=9 "[But his role in the actual invention was murkier, disputed over decades in the courts and even now in scientific circles.] You would have a lot of argument, ... Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the 30-Year Patent War. - Nick Taylor Quotes")
![[The delay - and the subsequent spread of lasers into many areas of technology - meant that the patents were much more valuable than if he had won initially. Even though Mr. Gould had signed away 80 percent of the proceeds in order to finance his court costs,] he made millions upon millions of dollars, ... Even at the 20 percent he was left with, he in his last years was a rich man. - Nick Taylor Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBOaWNrIFRheWxvciAgICA=&num=1 "[The delay - and the subsequent spread of lasers into many areas of technology - meant that the patents were much more valuable than if he had won initially. Even though Mr. Gould had signed away 80 percent of the proceeds in order to finance his court costs,] he made millions upon millions of dollars, ... Even at the 20 percent he was left with, he in his last years was a rich man. - Nick Taylor Quotes")
