the music industry charges royalties for every song and cd we buy, what if greece starts charging for every word or every letter that all countries use every day every second,but its theirs(greek origin, greek source)?how many millions of billions of billions of pounds we owe them?simple maths tells me infinite!!!e.g Britain has aprox 51800 exact words and another 500000 altered words sourcing from greek language and greek literature!!imagine 50 pence for every time each citizen of all countries use each word??to start paying back dated as well back to the start of their language?do the maths. unimaginable money, who is going to be the super power then? USA?hahahaha Britain? hahhahahahahahah? France? Germany? i cant write anymore cause i cant stop laughing!! the thieves of the worlds became super powers?hahahhahah, OMG give me your opinion or should i say gnome?oops here's 50 pence to pay!!or is it more cause i used some more above?we owe tothe greeks alot
2006-12-08 19:49:19 · 9 answers · asked by alalosuk 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
very interesting
2006-12-08 19:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by crazycake7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankly, because they're not jerks.
It's the same reason why you can write fanfics and do your fan art, or sing a popular song for a school talent show.
They're not jerks.
And they don't really give a darn.
Besides, Greek is just a part of the language origin. Even Greek is supposively derived from some Proto-Indo-European language.
So... they didn't invent the words either. They got them from something else! So why not let them get royalties? Because they're dead. And so are the Greeks we stole their language from.
I'm sorry it's such a serious answer to such a silly question... It's amusing, but I didn't find it 'haha' funny about it.
2006-12-08 20:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by hyreia77 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't patents only last for 20 yrs? CD's are protected by copyright...By revealing it in the publicdomain isn't an idea then unpatentable and therefore 'free for distribution'? A bit like Linux in computing terms - free distribution ensures lots of people use it but you give up your right to earn from it!
Good question though!
2006-12-09 02:16:12 · answer #3 · answered by Clare M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We owe every Country in the World a lot!!
Each and every Country contributed something or the other at some point in History.
Once we start all this petty counting, we'll all just keep paying each other!
2006-12-08 19:52:44 · answer #4 · answered by Sunrise 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they'd never get the Elgin Marbles back from the UK if they did!
2006-12-08 19:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by bovie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't need to. Think about it - what's a Greek earn?
2006-12-08 19:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats nice to know.
2006-12-12 06:45:47 · answer #7 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pas mi ellin varvaros
2006-12-09 22:26:12 · answer #8 · answered by Spartan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a stupid question
2006-12-09 00:01:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋