Re: Patents, Royalties and other Scams...???

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:48:59 +0300, Iain M Churches wrote:

> " Dave xxxx" <davewhit181@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:MjP_e.117729$G8.49548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Keith G wrote:
>>> Summat came up in an offlist conversation when I mentioned I had a
>>> picture lifted from an early website. The question of
>>> reward/compensation arose immediately. Which led me to....
>>>
>>> How did the Music Industry (and Hollywood) ever manage to get the
>>> entire world to play the 'Royalties Game'??
>>>
>>> Discuss by all means, but if you aren't able to think 'outside of the
>>> box' you'll be wrong... ;-)
>>
>> In this case Hollywood are not top at racking it it
>>
>> Tetra are the best http://www.tetrapak.com/
>>
>> Dr. Ruben Rausing, makes money every time a carton of milk or whatever is
>> in a tetra pack is sold
>>
> I seem to remember also a royalty being paid to the chap who invented
> the cat's eye, used on roads in GB. There must be quite a few of those too.
>


That would be Percy Shaw - I think he's no longer with us.

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