Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 2
Kirk:
Did you pay royalties to the owners of those patents?
Harry Mudd:
Well, actually, Kirk, as a defender of the free enterprise system, I found myself in a rather ambiguous conflict as a matter of principle.
Spock:
He did not pay royalties.
Harry Mudd:
Knowledge, sir, should be free to all!
Kirk:
Who caught you?
Harry Mudd:
That, sir, is an outrageous assumption.
Kirk:
Yes. Who caught you?
Harry Mudd:
I sold the Denebians all the rights to a Vulcan fuel synthesiser.
Kirk:
And the Denebians contacted the Vulcans.
Harry Mudd:
How'd you know?
Kirk:
That's what I would have done.
Harry Mudd:
It's typical police mentality. They've got no sense of humour. They arrested me.
McCoy:
Oh, I find that shocking.
Harry Mudd:
Do you know what the penalty for fraud is on Deneb V?
Spock:
The guilty party has his choice: death by electrocution, death by gas, death by phaser, death by hanging...
Harry Mudd:
The key word in your entire peroration, Mr. Spock, was..."death". Barbarians! Well, of course, I...left.
Kirk:
He broke jail.
Harry Mudd:
I, er, I borrowed transportation -
Kirk:
He stole a spaceship.
Harry Mudd:
The patrol reacted in a hostile manner -
Kirk:
They fired at him.
Harry Mudd:
They've got no respect for private property, they damaged the bloody spaceship!
Submitted by wikidude on June 03, 2024
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