Pro wrestler sues rapper over hand gesture: Yet Another Example of how Intellectual Property is Partial Enslavement

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Tags: Subjectivism, Legal System

01/31/2007 Mises Wire Stephan Kinsella

Yet Another Example of how Intellectual Property is Partial Enslavement: Professional wrestler Diamond Dallas Page sued rapper Jay-Z claiming that he has illegally adopted Page’s trademark hand gesture, the ‘Diamond Cutter,’ as his own.”

“Diamond Cutter” hand gesture is shown above

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