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Amazon Sued For Recommending Books

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-say-litigious-we-sue dept.

localman writes "Cedant, the owner of Super 8 motels and Days Inn, is suing Amazon for patent infringement for recommending books with it's 'customers who purchased X also purchased Y' technology. Heh. 'Technology.' It's always fun to see Amazon hoist by its own petard, as it were, but it would really stink if no website could offer it's customer's recommendations. Got Prior Art?"

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  1. OT: Apostrophe rant by angst_ridden_hipster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good God.

    How many apostrophe errors can you fit into a single sentence?

    No wonder the Liberal Arts types have such scorn for geeks. We're supposedly all about logic and process, but can't even manage simple grammar rules.

    If I wrote code like that, my compiler would have me taken out and shot.

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    Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachtani?
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    1. Re:OT: Apostrophe rant by kutuz_off · · Score: 4, Funny

      Posters who complained about improper apostrophe use also complained about improper comma use. Would you like to do that?

  2. prior art by araven · · Score: 4, Informative

    Seems like something that librarians have been doing for centuries. "If you liked that Trixie Belden book, why don't you try Nancy Drew?" I've seen reading lists along the same lines to suggest other works to people on waiting-lists to borrow the most popular books.

    Don't mess with the librarians.

    ~

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    "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." -Emerson
  3. Re:prior art by Nafai7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah but you are using a computer. Using a computer for it makes it all different. And new. And patentable.

    You think the U.S. will make it into the future? I suspect that rampant greed will cause us to implode.