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Patent Claimed on System-Level Encryption
nattt writes "The Register is reporting that a Californian firm, Maz Technologies has been granted a patent for application independant file encryption, and is now going after other companies with its lawyers to press its claims. It seems that the US patent office doesn't check very well for prior art, and their laxity is causing small firms that get attacked on infringing these bad patents a lot of money to defend themselves."
"Why didn't we think of this. Let's get patents on watermarking and other intrusive technologies being rammed down our throats by content providers."
Water marking? Great! Then the gov't wouldn't be able to cram their proprietary currency down our throats anymore.
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Encryption is only for terrorists. Therefore, everyone who encrypts is a terrorist. The RIAA is trying to get A LOT of things encrypted. So the RIAA is made up of A LOT of terrorists.
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I am going to file a patent on patenting prior art and taking legal action.
I'm going to be rich!
Of course if that doesn't work I can write a book
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The Register is reporting that a Californian firm, Maz Technologies has been granted
Missing comma before "has".
a patent for application independant file encryption,
"independent"
and is now going after other companies with it's lawyers
"its"
to press it's claims.
"its"
It seems that the US patent office doesn't check very well for prior art, and their laxity is causing small firms that get attacked on infringing these bad patents a lot of money to defend themselves
"Causing them a lot of money"?
Good grief, this guy is illiterate enough to be a Slashdot editor.
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