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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by dctoedt on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:27PM (#33514013)
> he didn't patent E=MC^2 and now everyone says it scot-free

Laws of nature (and descriptions thereof) aren't patentable.

https://www.bitlaw.com/source/mpep/2106_04_b.html#:~:text=Th....

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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by ChrisMarshallNY on Monday November 07, 2022 @06:32PM (#33514060)
But he did learn to split the beer atom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra7oqFqj9uU
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by robin_reala on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:18AM (#33517042)
That’s US law though (no idea if Germany had it any different at the time, but it’s a different jurisdiction).
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by dudeinjapan on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @04:02AM (#33517312)
Germany outlawed Einstein.
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Re:Monumental advance in number theory posted to the ArXiv b... by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:39AM (#33517834)
Interesting phrasing to use for wanting to genocide him and all the other jews. Einstein got out on time, six million others didn't.
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