# When Someone Else Has Control Of Your Work, Problems Inevitably Arise

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Podcast: [Quintus Curtius](https://stenobird.com/podcast/quintus-curtius-216861)
Published: 2025-08-09T20:18:42+00:00
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## Resource

When you give control of your work to third parties, you must take care that they do not corrupt or destroy what you have created. We use the story of the development and issuance of the M16 rifle in the U.S. military as a tragic example.

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