The texting was a pretext, the cop should have arrested him for copyright infringement for having a cellphone in the theater, no doubt recording the movie.
Funny thing is that this so called Doctrine of Equivalents should also bring in a shitload of prior art if someone tries to tack on "on the internet" or "on a computer" to a previously patented invention.
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Retired from a job where he got a government paycheck for saving people.
Don't yell in a crowded theater.
The texting was a pretext, the cop should have arrested him for copyright infringement for having a cellphone in the theater, no doubt recording the movie.
He's already being charged with second degree murder.
It's a salt and buttery.
Unfortunately some people are so greedy that copyright protection isn't enough incentive for them to make their ideas public.
In this case, I would also opine that the idea isn't worth its cost anymore.
Funny thing is that this so called Doctrine of Equivalents should also bring in a shitload of prior art if someone tries to tack on "on the internet" or "on a computer" to a previously patented invention.
Unfortunately the RIAA has a patent on small violins.
See you in court.
How about this: You can drive as fast as you like, but you get the death penalty if you kill anyone.
I've never heard of DMA locks before. Is that some sort of TPM mechanism to prevent devices from snooping on copyrighted memory contents?
The will of corporate lobbyists trumps everything.
How corrupt the system is may well decide if the company wins.
Manning didn't help the NSA.
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The guy being an idiot is no excuse for abuse of power by border agents.
They probably would have if he started anything.
The fact that charges are at the discretion of the agents is even more disturbing.
They can if the government covers their asses with retroactive immunity after the fact.
Retroactive immunity.
You do if it's in electronic format. Then you get the benefit of the DMCA :)
And what's to stop them from lying?
Mainstream isn't allowed to talk about it because it would piss off obama's backers
you mean like castro does with cuba?
it's easy to be legal if you're the one making the law.
And maybe indian officials know this and smell a nice chance to extort some money out of the situation by taking advantage of microsoft's desperation
most likely MS would refuse to issue new patent licenses to any OEM supportung UDF