Some things are irreducible to trivia (quantifying risk on structured financial instruments for example). The danger is when the "genius" reduces the complicated into trivia, and then puts our money or well being where his or her mouth is.
Sadly, all the lawyers that used to work for the RIAA have new jobs in the justice department.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/obama-taps-fift/
The good news is, the RIAA is suffering now. The bad news is, many people may be suffering later.
Courts are still resolving the issue of bundling the browser with the operating system. From a professional perspective that ship has sailed, been taken over by pirates, ransomed, returned home, made into a floating museum and finally run into budget troubles due to the county it is moored next to over investing in interest rate derivatives.
We own the patent on skewering humans on points of law. We also patented licking stamps and sealing envelopes so step lightly sir!:)
The 9th Circuit is probably the worst possible venue to induce me to care (about precedent). A hodgepodge of case law exists due to the size of the court and it differs substantially with the supreme court (a liberal bias, not bad just different).
Ask RIM if their 500 million might have been better spent changing the law in congress or getting judges elected who "favor" their interpretation of the law. Not implying corruption as a business tool, just active engagement with the establishment to educate and amend.
The law lags so far behind software development, I don't consider any of it relevant. Plus, we pay our attack dog lawyers millions of dollars to eat the people who raise issues like this. Finally, I get depressed when I am reminded that everything I get paid for is illegal (unless our congress critters "campaigns" are well funded).
I can tell you, with absolute certainty, precisely what has occurred to make the judge meet with the defendants without the plaintiffs present.
The check from the plaintiffs bounced. The check from the defendants did not.
IANAL, I am something even more relevant to our judicial system. I am an accountant.
Knowing beforehand that Hulu was a joint venture of CBS and NBC, I immediately thought "weasels" when I read the Hulu folks referring to the "content providers".
They should have just owned up to it and said:
"We at NBC & CBS are blocking Boxee."
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Where exactly did he get his numbers? I wonder?
Didn't you read the summary? There was $19,640 dollars of "research" done to supply those numbers.
Business method patents are anti-business, pro-lawyer.
Some things are irreducible to trivia (quantifying risk on structured financial instruments for example). The danger is when the "genius" reduces the complicated into trivia, and then puts our money or well being where his or her mouth is.
Sadly, all the lawyers that used to work for the RIAA have new jobs in the justice department. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/obama-taps-fift/
The good news is, the RIAA is suffering now. The bad news is, many people may be suffering later.
Can the MPAA sue us for that?
We own the patent on skewering humans on points of law. We also patented licking stamps and sealing envelopes so step lightly sir! :)
The 9th Circuit is probably the worst possible venue to induce me to care (about precedent). A hodgepodge of case law exists due to the size of the court and it differs substantially with the supreme court (a liberal bias, not bad just different).
Ask RIM if their 500 million might have been better spent changing the law in congress or getting judges elected who "favor" their interpretation of the law. Not implying corruption as a business tool, just active engagement with the establishment to educate and amend.
The law lags so far behind software development, I don't consider any of it relevant. Plus, we pay our attack dog lawyers millions of dollars to eat the people who raise issues like this. Finally, I get depressed when I am reminded that everything I get paid for is illegal (unless our congress critters "campaigns" are well funded).
I can tell you, with absolute certainty, precisely what has occurred to make the judge meet with the defendants without the plaintiffs present. The check from the plaintiffs bounced. The check from the defendants did not. IANAL, I am something even more relevant to our judicial system. I am an accountant.
Knowing beforehand that Hulu was a joint venture of CBS and NBC, I immediately thought "weasels" when I read the Hulu folks referring to the "content providers". They should have just owned up to it and said: "We at NBC & CBS are blocking Boxee."