Macrovision Applies for P2P Interdiction Patents

schmecky05 writes "From Macrovision, the folks whom recently mandated "Thou shalt delete content promptly from thy Tivo" come the following 2 USPTO patent applications for Peer to Peer interdiction methods: "Interdiction of unauthorized copying in a decentralized network" and "System and methods for communicating over the internet with geographically distributed devices of a decentralized network using transparent asymetric return paths." These patent applications describe (in pain staking detail) how Macrovision interdicts on Peer to Peer networks to prevent illegal copyrighted file sharing from many locations across the globe and avoid ban lists as well."

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Open up! Spelling Police!

[mwood]

That's "pains-taking", not "pain staking". One takes pains; one does not stake pain.

Yes, yes, yes -- I understood it anyway. But such errors slow me down, because I have to engage a part of my brain that isn't needed to understand proper spelling, punctuation, grammar, and usage. It's like stepping in a patch of quicksand on a running track.