Separation of Church and Microsoft

theodp writes "Last week, the USPTO published a rather odd Microsoft patent application for Content Ratings and Recommendations, which describes how religious-based communities and other 'subcultures' can use the patent-pending process to prevent their members from viewing undesirable television programs and movies."

Comments

Re:What's wrong with that?

[Colin Smith]

Really? You don't like comedy then?

Re:What's wrong with that?

[pegr]

You already have that feature - it's called a "Channel Lock".
 
Or his Kentucky cousin, "Vice Grips"!

Re:Am I the only one ...

[jollyreaper]

Who cringes at stuff like this mostly out of the fact that it will be used against (intentional word choice) children/teenagers to enforce a parent/group's own set of values upon the youngster who might not even share them? The alternative? You want the government to raise them? Well, we could always use more troops. My SUV ain't gonna fill itself.