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Microsoft Patents Interactive Entertainment
An anonymous reader writes "Embedded-Watch is carrying a story regarding the award of patent number 6,571,390 to Microsoft. The patent would seem to cover pretty much any implementation of a video-on-demand system that you (or at least I) can think of. Read for yourself to decide whether this patent either is not original work or is blatantly obvious to the most casual observer. The patent could certainly be invalidated by the courts on either point, but that'd take a fight in court that won't be cheap."
That explains... This eliminates everyone in Redmond. Given that they have no clue what happens outside their own planet, this is not a surprise.
... since when did Microsoft ever actually create anything innovative, creative or original in-house? No matter how far I think back in time, all products coming out of Redmond were blatant rip-offs...
So why change now?
Why doesnt anyone speak up when the apps are available for public review?
It's TOO FUCKING LATE to wait until slashdot posts about the patent being granted. You can cry and whine about prior art and whatnot till the cows come home from fucking your mom, and it aint going to do a lick of good.
If you want to fix the patent process, get involved. Find out about pending patents and work to invalidate them.
Either that or all you linux hippies are jealous that MSFT thought of it first, while you still cant get the TV out feature on your video cards to work.
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