Paul Lafargue 1900:
The inventor, if he wishes to
defend his intellectual property against capitalist
pirates, must begin by buying that right, taking out a patent,
which
he must renew every year; on the day he misses a payment, his
intellectual property becomes the lawful prey of the
robbers of capitalism. Even if he pays, he can secure that right
only
for a time: in France, fourteen years. And during these few
years, not long enough generally to get his invention fully
introduced into practical industry, it is he, the inventor, who at
his
own expense has to set in motion the machinery of the
law against the capitalist pirates who rob him.
The trade-mark, which is a capitalistic property that
never required ally intellectual effort, is on the contrary
indefinitely protected by law like material property.
Hans Frank:
Denn ist doch so, dass gerade aus den Kreisen der Vorkaempfer
der
Bewegung Stimmen laut geworden sind, dass nicht nur die
Arbeitermassen, ja sogar
die auf dem Gebiete des Geistigen schoepferisch Taetigen
ausgeliefert sind der
kapitalistischen Gewalt. Fuer diese Gesichtspunkte hat der Fuehrer
zweifellos grosses Interesse gehabt.