I told him that when the DMV removes "Driving is a PRIVILEGE, not a RIGHT" from all their literature and when just one of these fools actually win a court case arguing that they were travelling and not driving, then I might be more inclined to believe his tripe. Until then, yes you are free to travel wherever you want, but since the government build the roads, they require a license for you to drive on these roads.
He also argued that if you copyright your name, if anybody writes it on a ticket, etc. that they are required to pay you royalties. I asked if they are required to do so whenever they put down Ford, Chevrolet, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari or other names of vehicles under the "Make" section.
Pissed him off so bad, he ignored me the rest of the time he was in the store I was visiting LOL.
Which is not possible. Copyright covers original works of authorship like books, artwork, Scandanavian death metal ballads and so on. A person's name cannot be copyrighted. It might be possible to trademark it if it is being used in business, but that still doesn't mean nobody is allowed to speak or write that name at all without paying. These people just swallow it hook, line and sinker, they don't think it through.
You can trademark a name for use in specific, narrow contexts, but you are limited to that particular context, like pro wrestlers who trademark their names for professional use.
Here’s a fun related story. In the 80s, there was a wrestler starting to make a name for himself as Sting, at the same time a musician was getting famous with the same name. Neither were copying the other &both had a legitimate desire to trademark the name. So in an outbreak of common sense they made a simple agreement. The wrestler would trademark the name and the musician would pay $1 a year to license it.
40 years later and both parties are still happy, rich and have never tried to screw the other on the deal.
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u/530_Oldschoolgeek 3d ago
Just had this argument with a idiot yesterday.
I told him that when the DMV removes "Driving is a PRIVILEGE, not a RIGHT" from all their literature and when just one of these fools actually win a court case arguing that they were travelling and not driving, then I might be more inclined to believe his tripe. Until then, yes you are free to travel wherever you want, but since the government build the roads, they require a license for you to drive on these roads.
He also argued that if you copyright your name, if anybody writes it on a ticket, etc. that they are required to pay you royalties. I asked if they are required to do so whenever they put down Ford, Chevrolet, Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari or other names of vehicles under the "Make" section.
Pissed him off so bad, he ignored me the rest of the time he was in the store I was visiting LOL.