Copyright, trademark, patent…….these are words that we have come to learn to live with as capitalism and the un-ending search of dimes dictates our lives today. Chaps want money so bad, they will do anything to have it for themselves.
Some bastards at a large pharmaceutical company have patented the rights to some malaria drugs, meaning NO ONE else is allowed to make ‘em. We silly Africans just send chaps to the UN to eat sausages instead of yelling out this shit! We are therefore buying drugs at super expensive prices yet we could make them here, but no, we do not have the “rights” to that invention.
The recent miners that were evacuated from the Chile underground world after 68 or so days brought this human greed to the fore! Among the chaps sent to prep them for their return to “earth” were psychologists meant to help them cope back into this weird life we live in. The MOST important thing they told the miners was that “do not narrate your ordeals to journalists, just hug yo family members and head straight to a waiting ambulance and disappear till further notice”.
Yep, you may also be wondering why you haven’t seen these chilling tales anywhere, and this is why…
The psychologists want the miners to make as much dime as possible (and give them a 30% commission on proceeds while at it) from the book and movie deals they (the miners) are going to scoop in the very near future, therefore telling their stories now will only be spoiling their “box office” weekend sales for this highly anticipated drama. You can imagine chaps almost died, but we humans don’t give a shit, we look for the money side of it. These underground clowns have been “patented”.
Just here here in Nairobi, the chaps at Safaricom, the largest mobile phone network have dragged their competitors Zain to court over “using their words”. Kumbe even words can be owned! Apparently, Safaricom’s slogan is “the better option” and Zain, whose creative marketing thinkers had their brains trapped underground for over 68 days and had no clue what to do, came up with their slogan, “the best option”, to the ire of Safaricom bosses who hate the un-innovative types. They went to court to prove this. But really, can you own words?
Geniuses in the Chinese manufacturing industry don’t waste bullshit time trying to please humans, they will steal words with impunity like they were an incumbent African government in an election! They will release a radio called “Pansoanic”, a flat iron named “Philibbs” and a laptop called “Delk”, now if that’s not innovation…..patent that!
Closer home, The New Vision newspaper stooped a bit low with their “new design” which was a complete imitation of “The mighty Pepper”, as they call themselves, and it seems they have been vindicated as mighty indeed. New Vision did an EXACT replica of it’s front page headline design by inserting a red word within the headline in bold which is exactly what the Pepper has been doing for like 5 years, looks like a case of “Philibbs” that needs a court intervention! (capitalism rules!!)
Ah what the heck, we are supposed to search for that dime anyway, patent or not!
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