Have you paid this man his royalties?

Thank God that the SOPA. and IPA bills have been tabled. If the concept of intellectual property rights was carried to its ultimate conclusion, we would all be paying royalties to the estate of the Homo Erectus pictured below, for his idea of inventing the first spear. BTW here is the URL for the image: http://djacobs.pbworks.com/f/1286245869/homo%20erectus.jpg