Ha Ha, April Fool’s…wait, Um, I Guess Not.

This bit of news from Techdirt had me smiling until the truth began to dawn on me. Developers in Texas are taking a page from the sale of digital goods and trying to convince people to accept their claims to eternal payments on the basis of, it seems, creative work:

“Just like authors who write books and musicians who write songs that will be enjoyed for generations to come, those who improve property are also engaged in the creative process, and the economics of the transaction should reflect that reality,”