Skeptic Project

The reason The Venus Project is trade-marking the term Resource-based Economy is Jacque Fresco has been working on this system most of his 93 years. This is an integrated system to provide for humanity holistically which includes all aspects of human need. He has been working toward a resource-based economy in order to do away with the major aberrations of war, poverty, hunger, etc.

Jacque Fresco coined the term Resource-based Economy which is the foundation that provides the parameters for social design. Throughout the years, people have taken The Venus Project’s pictures, designs, architecture, language, and the name Resource-based Economy, to raise funds claiming to build a Resource- based Economy without collaborating with us in any way. They usurp the name, some of the procedures, and models, but use their own interpretation of a Resource-based Economy.

After examining their interpretations closely, we feel the procedures they suggest will not work. The Venus Project cannot take responsibility for other interpretations of our work. Others use the name Resource-based Economy, but interpret it in their own way and then raise funds for a different direction. Riding on the coat tails of Fresco’s work. This is detrimental to our efforts to raise funds for building a new city or making a major motion picture about our aims.

We’d prefer not to trademark, but our predatory society encourages people to capitalize on the efforts of others.

The reason we trademark the name Resource-based Economy is so that the integrity of our direction is maintained. We would not mind people using the term Resource-based Economyand our photos if they consulted and worked with us, and if their efforts promoted the true direction of a Resource-based Economyas proposed by The Venus Project.

Many different groups usurping our name and material for their own purposes, bastardizes our social designs and architecture. If you wish to know more about the proposals of The Venus Project and a Resource-based Economy, please review:

* www.thevenusproject.com
* www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
* www.thevenusprojectdesign.com

http://www.thevenusproject.com/the-venus-project-introduction/rbe-trademark<br /> -----

lolwut

"How disingenuous."

Irony.

Resource-based Economy is a common term that was around before these guys:

http://books.google.com/books?lr=&as_brr=0&q=%22Resource-based+Economy%22&btnG=Search+Books&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1970

If they failed to trademark it, shouldn't they change that article so that it doesn't imply that they have trademarked it?