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Cake day: December 18th, 2023

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  • The law stays in effect in Italy. The state (the ministry of cultural heritage), collects license fees for artworks in public museums, even when copyright law says that they are public domain.

    A German game maker produced a jigsaw puzzle of this famous da Vinci drawing. The Italian ministry demanded 10% of global revenue, but the company only offered 10% of Italian revenue. An Italian court had sided with the ministry. This German court has found that, while it can do what it likes in Italy, the Italian state has no power outside its borders.








  • This does not have the seeds of a civil war.

    Look back to 1861. The US was split between slave and free states. Both regions had different economic models that were in conflict. The slavers of the south controlled most of the nation’s capital. The slaves were worth more than all the railroads and foundries of the north. They had oligarchic control of the southern states.

    When Lincoln was elected, it was the first time that an outspoken abolitionist became president. It was clear, that the demographics of the US were changing in a way that would lose their power and status. So they started a war.

    Those weren’t the uneducated racists that you find waving confederate flags today.


    The US has seen presidential lawlessness before (notably Andrew “Trail of Tears” Jackson). It also has seen lawlessness by state politicians (eg Harry F. “Massive Resistance” Byrd or Governor Orval “Blood will run in the Streets” Faubus).

    The only way I could see a civil war is, if Trump directly threatened the Middle Class and/or the Wealthy Elites.