>>>Edison took the glory and that is about all he contributed to "his inventions". He had a laboratory of men working for him who did the inventing.
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>>Reminds me of something similar... more glory to the capitalist system:
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>>Some artist in New York (name was Mark ? (forget the last name)) who had gained favour with the art-buying public had a studio where he employed several people to paint the actual canvases but "under his direction". This, he felt, gave him the right to sign his own name to the paintings, each of which sold for a very handsome price.
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>When you go to an art museum, many pieces are noted as being from "the school of whoever" or something similar. There's a long history of artists having whole staffs who do a lot of the work.

Or when they asked Picasso about one particular drawing - is it his or not. He signed it and said "now it is".