Please tell me you are joking. This isn't the case of some Patent Troll licensing an obvious technology then sitting on it til someone develops it.
Tivo is a company that built an incredible device that everyone wants to copy. This is EXACTLY the kind of thing a patent is meant to protect. AT&T stole Tivo's idea and is now making a profit on selling it, acting as a direct competitor to Tivo using Tivo's own patented ideas.
If suing for patent infringement "should not be tolerated", what is Tivo's recourse?
Three independent reports show that while they have a good share, Google accounts for less than 50% of all web search engine usage. Last I checked, that's not really a monopoly
Google: Puts own product at the top of a paid advertisement section that is clearly differentiated from the actual results of the search on a web site you can choose to use or not Microsoft: Using its virtual monopoly in the operating system market to force customers to use their own browser including eliminating the ability to remove the browser when the user has clearly indicated another choice.
Actually, I think the post would read:
In spite of the ongoing troubles with the [Lewinsky|Paula Jones|White Water| etc] scandal, President Clinton has also proposed legislation...
You know, I really long for the days when the worst thing happening in the oval office is the President getting a bj from some fat intern.
I would like to read an objectively written fact based story behind this and not just a lot of reactionary Bush bashing.
Please rate parent +1 Funny. No such writing exists my friend. It's either Bush-bashing or Bush-loving. Any other kind of writing gets thrown out as droll.
I love when Congress tries to take the "moral high ground". We all know, the best way to get rid of something immorral is to write a law banning it. Surely, no one would want to break a law like that!
If you had RTFA, you'd realize that their goal might not be to really get the Xbox360 pulled.
I managed to take the 3 seconds to RTFA. The passage you mention is simply an editorial add-on from this presumably Sony affiliated gamer site. They have no more knowledge of Lucent's intentions than anyone here. Though, no lawsuit is filed with the intention of having a product pulled from the shelves. There is no profit in that. My guess is Lucent wants a big pay day and they hope M$ will simply pay up because it will be cheaper.
So that everyone would go "OMFG!!! Look at what Google is doing in the US!!! Just imagine what they are doing in China!!!"
There are a lot of people who now have an ax to grind against Google and would love to incite some Google-hatred.
And so far, it seems to be working.
Have you tried it out yet? I liked Mapquest but have begun finding their implementation clunky. This service is incredibly fast, incredibly accurate, incredibly versatile. The ability to drag the map around changing the center is fun and much more convenient then waiting for Mapquest to reload the page. The simple "find pizzas near my house" type search is incredible too.
So, the answer to your question is yes. This app IS groundbreaking enough to persuade people to switch.
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THIS IS NOT BASED ON SALES!!!!! This list a rating of the DVD's as a whole. They weren't rating movies or The Godfather Trilogy would be a lot higher than #49. This was an attempt to highlight those DVD's that have a lot of great extras that enhance the value of the DVD above and beyond simply owning the movie.
As mentioned earlier... say Mister Sinus and Myster Science out loud. They are confusingly similar. And if you RTFA, you would realize Best Brains isn't claiming they own the "siloheuttes making fun of movies". They are suing because these gentlemen use a very adult brand of humor which, due to the confusing nature of the names, would certainly cause harm to the MST3K trademark. If they kept it clean, it appears, at least as the article reads, that Best Brains would have no problem with allowing the license. But, it's not, therefore, this is a problem.
I, along with many other slashdotters it seems, have avoided the knee-jerk reaction to "They're bad because their suing".
How is this site different from http://www.gamehippo.com/? I would RTFWS (web site) if it weren't already brought to its knees by the hoards of slashdotters hoping to find their favorite game from 1983.
The biggest problem I have with this is the hypocrisy of Real's stance. Applying your example to this scenario, Bob isn't really Bob but Epsom. In this case, Epsom reverse engineers Lexmark's ink cartridges. Epsom then lets out a press release claiming Lexmark is being "unfair" by keeping their ink jet cartridge technology proporietary. Meanwhile, Epsom sues HP for doing the exact same thing.
Real is not concerned with openness or fairness. If Apple doesn't allow any other proprietary format to work, Real doesn't care. They just want to make sure their own proprietary format works on a product they don't make.
The difference is bandwidth. On the Nextel system, direct connect uses half of the bandwidth of a interconnect call. So, Nextel charges a much lower rate and bills direct connect usage to the nearest second. Several of their plans offer "Unlimited Direct Connect" for a very reasonable price (if you consider any of Nextel's rates reasonable).
As for the person at the wake, I find the beepbeep much less annoying and disturbing than a ring tone (particularly the default ones... ugh).
Microsoft would (and probably should) claim that it is their civic duty to hunt down all users with pirated copies and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. That way, there would be as few pirated copies of Windows out there as possible and the threat is now minimal.
Remember, it costs Microsoft money in terms of bandwidth and server usage for each person to get their patch. Just because you know how to steal a product, doesn't enable you to go back to the company for a fix.
I think a lot of people are blinded by the company name. "Oh... It's Microsoft, therefore whatever they are doing is wrong". There is not a single company out there who is forced to support users who never paid for that company's product. Microsoft should be no different.
Attributed to Bruce Perens: "If Darl McBride had his way, he would have banned marriage too, because it obviously is against the remunerative interests of prostitutes"
I was able to read the 1st page of the review, but the whenever I go to the second page, my Mozilla crashes. Please help and post the article here if possible. Thank you
My question is what copyright is being violated? The industry is upset that their revenue model is being circumvented by this product, but what EXACT copyright is bein violated and how? It's the same argument as "skipping commercials is theft". Am I a thief if I get up to go to the bathroom? Am I a thief if I fast forward through a commercial using a VCR?
Hollywood is scared that they won't be able to make money the same way and they want the government to make laws to guarantee that revenue stream. No matter how they try to hide it by using phrases like theft and copyright violation, in the end that is their only argument: "We can't make money the same way if people use this product". That is not the government's place.
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Please tell me you are joking. This isn't the case of some Patent Troll licensing an obvious technology then sitting on it til someone develops it. Tivo is a company that built an incredible device that everyone wants to copy. This is EXACTLY the kind of thing a patent is meant to protect. AT&T stole Tivo's idea and is now making a profit on selling it, acting as a direct competitor to Tivo using Tivo's own patented ideas. If suing for patent infringement "should not be tolerated", what is Tivo's recourse?
How about using the number of registered users? Most sites I have seen require users to login before posting.
Good thing Google doesn't do this with Gmail by scanning your info and producing targeted ads in a side bar ... oh ... wait!
Zune: http://seo.zunch.com/search_engine_usage_statistic s.htm a y.asp 3 34881
Pew Internet: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/167/report_displ
WebSideStory: http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3
Three independent reports show that while they have a good share, Google accounts for less than 50% of all web search engine usage. Last I checked, that's not really a monopoly
Google: Puts own product at the top of a paid advertisement section that is clearly differentiated from the actual results of the search on a web site you can choose to use or not
Microsoft: Using its virtual monopoly in the operating system market to force customers to use their own browser including eliminating the ability to remove the browser when the user has clearly indicated another choice.
Nope ... can't see a difference here.
Actually, I think the post would read: In spite of the ongoing troubles with the [Lewinsky|Paula Jones|White Water| etc] scandal, President Clinton has also proposed legislation ...
You know, I really long for the days when the worst thing happening in the oval office is the President getting a bj from some fat intern.
I love when Congress tries to take the "moral high ground". We all know, the best way to get rid of something immorral is to write a law banning it. Surely, no one would want to break a law like that!
So that everyone would go "OMFG!!! Look at what Google is doing in the US!!! Just imagine what they are doing in China!!!" There are a lot of people who now have an ax to grind against Google and would love to incite some Google-hatred. And so far, it seems to be working.
Because we can't have Alan Thicke coming over here whenever he wants!
Have you tried it out yet? I liked Mapquest but have begun finding their implementation clunky. This service is incredibly fast, incredibly accurate, incredibly versatile. The ability to drag the map around changing the center is fun and much more convenient then waiting for Mapquest to reload the page. The simple "find pizzas near my house" type search is incredible too. So, the answer to your question is yes. This app IS groundbreaking enough to persuade people to switch.
THIS IS NOT BASED ON SALES!!!!! This list a rating of the DVD's as a whole. They weren't rating movies or The Godfather Trilogy would be a lot higher than #49. This was an attempt to highlight those DVD's that have a lot of great extras that enhance the value of the DVD above and beyond simply owning the movie.
As mentioned earlier ... say Mister Sinus and Myster Science out loud. They are confusingly similar. And if you RTFA, you would realize Best Brains isn't claiming they own the "siloheuttes making fun of movies". They are suing because these gentlemen use a very adult brand of humor which, due to the confusing nature of the names, would certainly cause harm to the MST3K trademark. If they kept it clean, it appears, at least as the article reads, that Best Brains would have no problem with allowing the license. But, it's not, therefore, this is a problem.
I, along with many other slashdotters it seems, have avoided the knee-jerk reaction to "They're bad because their suing".
How is this site different from http://www.gamehippo.com/? I would RTFWS (web site) if it weren't already brought to its knees by the hoards of slashdotters hoping to find their favorite game from 1983.
Is anyone else having this problem when they click on the link to the article? 3 straight times, I click on the link and my D-Link 614+ router resets.
The biggest problem I have with this is the hypocrisy of Real's stance. Applying your example to this scenario, Bob isn't really Bob but Epsom. In this case, Epsom reverse engineers Lexmark's ink cartridges. Epsom then lets out a press release claiming Lexmark is being "unfair" by keeping their ink jet cartridge technology proporietary. Meanwhile, Epsom sues HP for doing the exact same thing. Real is not concerned with openness or fairness. If Apple doesn't allow any other proprietary format to work, Real doesn't care. They just want to make sure their own proprietary format works on a product they don't make.
"Buy him out boys ... muhahahahahaha"
The difference is bandwidth. On the Nextel system, direct connect uses half of the bandwidth of a interconnect call. So, Nextel charges a much lower rate and bills direct connect usage to the nearest second. Several of their plans offer "Unlimited Direct Connect" for a very reasonable price (if you consider any of Nextel's rates reasonable). As for the person at the wake, I find the beepbeep much less annoying and disturbing than a ring tone (particularly the default ones ... ugh).
Microsoft would (and probably should) claim that it is their civic duty to hunt down all users with pirated copies and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. That way, there would be as few pirated copies of Windows out there as possible and the threat is now minimal.
... It's Microsoft, therefore whatever they are doing is wrong". There is not a single company out there who is forced to support users who never paid for that company's product. Microsoft should be no different.
Remember, it costs Microsoft money in terms of bandwidth and server usage for each person to get their patch. Just because you know how to steal a product, doesn't enable you to go back to the company for a fix.
I think a lot of people are blinded by the company name. "Oh
Attributed to Bruce Perens:
"If Darl McBride had his way, he would have banned marriage too, because it obviously is against the remunerative interests of prostitutes"
I wonder if my wife will accept that argument?
I was able to read the 1st page of the review, but the whenever I go to the second page, my Mozilla crashes. Please help and post the article here if possible. Thank you
My question is what copyright is being violated? The industry is upset that their revenue model is being circumvented by this product, but what EXACT copyright is bein violated and how? It's the same argument as "skipping commercials is theft". Am I a thief if I get up to go to the bathroom? Am I a thief if I fast forward through a commercial using a VCR? Hollywood is scared that they won't be able to make money the same way and they want the government to make laws to guarantee that revenue stream. No matter how they try to hide it by using phrases like theft and copyright violation, in the end that is their only argument: "We can't make money the same way if people use this product". That is not the government's place.