Once again, we see mega-corps regulating what is intellectual creativity and usability of what should be free technology. There is eventually going to be
an uprising from the user communities about the outrageous costs passed on to consumers from these ever-so-high fees. And I dont believe in the concept that Pentax and Nero have paid for this technology. YOU THE CONSUMER PAID!!!
-dan zubairi
Daniel Zubairi, Candidate
United States Congress
Maryland 8th Congressional District
http://www.choosedan.com/
What's next, people starting to patent the ON/OFF button. The Open Here on a packet of ketchup. The Play button on your MP3 Player. It wont end by these crazy patents. They need to legislate this in more detail.
Interesting scenario here. Aside from the trolls and patent squatters.
Let's say that you are small little codeshop and you create this great thing and BAM, some huge company takes it away. With their big money, big lawyers, and all that jazz
the little codeshop cannot afford, what do you do? On the other hand, you work for huge GeeWiz megacorp and never happened to sign one of those fancy non-disclosure forms. You go out and make a small company and get a design patent, and sue the big company.
The whole concept of creativity has been crushed by this red tape jungle. I think that if a company makes a product on their own, and its kick ass, let it ride. However, if a company steals an idea intentionally (note the intentionally) then they should be
beat with a copper pipe, baseball bat, and motorcyle chain.
I just do not believe the government should ever be able to regulate creativity.
If this is as good as everything else google does, its gonna be a good time. What do you guys think of AIM and MSN(cough cough gaggle choke) integration?
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Once again, we see mega-corps regulating what is intellectual creativity and usability of what should be free technology. There is eventually going to be an uprising from the user communities about the outrageous costs passed on to consumers from these ever-so-high fees. And I dont believe in the concept that Pentax and Nero have paid for this technology. YOU THE CONSUMER PAID!!! -dan zubairi Daniel Zubairi, Candidate United States Congress Maryland 8th Congressional District http://www.choosedan.com/
EXACTLY.
What's next, people starting to patent the ON/OFF button. The Open Here on a packet of ketchup. The Play button on your MP3 Player. It wont end by these crazy patents. They need to legislate this in more detail.
Daniel Zubairi, Candidate
United States Congress
http://www.ChooseDan.com
Interesting scenario here. Aside from the trolls and patent squatters. Let's say that you are small little codeshop and you create this great thing and BAM, some huge company takes it away. With their big money, big lawyers, and all that jazz the little codeshop cannot afford, what do you do? On the other hand, you work for huge GeeWiz megacorp and never happened to sign one of those fancy non-disclosure forms. You go out and make a small company and get a design patent, and sue the big company.
The whole concept of creativity has been crushed by this red tape jungle. I think that if a company makes a product on their own, and its kick ass, let it ride. However, if a company steals an idea intentionally (note the intentionally) then they should be beat with a copper pipe, baseball bat, and motorcyle chain.
I just do not believe the government should ever be able to regulate creativity.
-dan
http://www.ChooseDan.com
If this is as good as everything else google does, its gonna be a good time. What do you guys think of AIM and MSN(cough cough gaggle choke) integration?
Daniel Zubairi
http://www.choosedan.com/