Top 10 People Who Insanely Didn’t Get Rich Off Their Inventions
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Sometimes inventions are not patented, and that means the creators don’t make money off their creations. Whether it’s the inventor of the video game Tetris Alexej Pajitnov, the creator of the ballpoint pen Laszlo Biro or even famed poet Edgar Allen Poe, these inventors didn’t get mega-rich off their inventions. WatchMojo counts down ten people who changed the world, and in return made no money.
If you’d like more info about inventions, watch our videos of the Top 10 Inventions of All Time: Top 10 20th Century Inventions: and Top 10 Accidental Inventions:
00:44 #10: John Barry
01:47 #9: Edgar Allan Poe
02:35 #8: John Walker
03:16 #7: Alexey Pajitnov
04:06 #6: Ron Klein
05:03 #5: Daisuke Inoue
06:00 #4: László BÃró
06:44 #3, #2 & #1???
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#1 Bill Finger – the man responsible for everything that made Batman, Batman (even his iconic design) died as poor and lonely man all because of a disgusting human being called Bob Kane who claimed all of Bill's ideas as his own and didn't give Bill any credit for the success of Batman.
HAIL COMRADE KALASHNIKOV
Wasn't the guy who found out how to produce INSULIN also insanely underpayed
what about the creator of the E-Mail? he could have charged us 1000ths of a cent and would be billionaire
Like this comment if you watched this video just to see Mikhail Kalashnikov!
Ehm, where is Otto Wichterle, inventor of contact lenses?
Lil Wayne for inventing the word Bling
Insanely is a terrbile choice of words. Why not Inexplicably
Also the guy you invented penicilin gave it away for free. I bet its number 1.
Harvey Ball earned about 300 (today's) dollar for designing the first smiley.
The title should be "Top 10 People Who Didn't Get Insanely Rich Off Their Inventions", not "Top 10 People Who Insanely Didn't Get Rich Off Their Inventions", it makes no sense, how does Insanely didn't get rich make any sense?
Lol
Tesla HAS TO BE TOP 1
Interesting fact : I lived in the same house where Kalashnikov lived.
(I am very bad in English()
Emimiting Tesla from this list is REALLY not nice!
A top then thats ACTUALLY ten minutes. and it's odd seeing watchmojo do a top ten that isn't a movie, video game, TV show, or anime.
Out every small arm in the world, one in five is an AK.
Tim Berners-Lee said himself at WWW shall be free to use, but we use the www daily and the tele companies are making profits for it.
Nikola Tesla
intrestering that Tim Berners-Lee parents worked on building the first comercial computer the feranti Mark 1
Karaoke was invented by a filipino
you forgot USB guy from Intel
Tony Kilvert is someone who invented the self service checkouts seen in asda b&q ect… and had been ripped off just as he did with his other inventions from the scorpion project by the military i can no longer find the page with proof of this i think it was taken down… We don't own what we create, the rich and in power do! He may be mislead in some aspects but he created things that helped and no longer creates anything due to being used and all sorts by those in power…
I have a lot of ideas
the kid who invented Tv got the biggest side of the shaft Tho
This video was pretty awesome
greatest game? lol tetras is trash
It's not an assault rifle.
Ah the beauty of communism, whether your a genius or a total water head you end up poor as hell.
what about Tesla
Came up with his prototype or copied the MP 44 ?
James Cameron is worth 2 BILLION DOLLARS. fuck him
Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine and decided not to patent it and give it away.
How must it feel to know you invented the World Wide Web
Yeah your list names are starting to get a little weird
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The James Cameron one was stupid as dick
You need a better pop filter. Also, you can stop saying "Before we begin".
m.
Forgot what to say.
lol
That last one isn't true. we have documents that were released in 2015 that shows that the internet was created by DARPA. That guy you guys brought up just brought inter connected computers to the public before the military was ready.
referenced original AK designs
shows Sturmgewehr-44
Hold up, the AK-47 was never patented because owning a patent is not allowed in a Communist country.