Maybe this deal will increase editorial independence/integrity. You didn't hear that kind of statement from the media outlets of Time Warner afeter the AOL deal--they are far enough removed that they are just another independent journalist. On the other hand, there is always the shameless "news" on ABC . . .
Perhaps a solution would be to form a non-profit foundation which could solicit patents and funding from concerned individuals and foundations, and apply for broad, 'silly' patents on ideas itself. Armed with a library of such patents, we could make them available through a variety of general public licence which enabled companies to use them to do the obvious things they covered in exchange for avoiding irresponsible abuse of the patent system themselves. The foundation would also have teeth to pursue offenders by suing them for infringement of foundation patents and by funding and centralizing searches for prior art.
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Maybe this deal will increase editorial independence/integrity. You didn't hear that kind of statement from the media outlets of Time Warner afeter the AOL deal--they are far enough removed that they are just another independent journalist. On the other hand, there is always the shameless "news" on ABC . . .
Now if I can just figure out how to make my PDA into an Abrahamson generator, I can really get even . . .
Perhaps a solution would be to form a non-profit foundation which could solicit patents and funding from concerned individuals and foundations, and apply for broad, 'silly' patents on ideas itself. Armed with a library of such patents, we could make them available through a variety of general public licence which enabled companies to use them to do the obvious things they covered in exchange for avoiding irresponsible abuse of the patent system themselves. The foundation would also have teeth to pursue offenders by suing them for infringement of foundation patents and by funding and centralizing searches for prior art.