The guy wasn't being attacked because of some grudge. He was being attacked as an excuse for the Federal Agent to cheat on his wife. That is the problem.
We spent two two-hour class periods in my patent law class going over several of the changes in the new patent law. And we were just scratching the surface.
And that is good legislation? If it takes a class of lawyers 2 hours to just scratch the surface of patent law, what hope is there for the non-lawyered inventor? I thought we were supposed to have patent laws that promote progress and useful arts not patent laws that promote law degrees and litigation.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 11 Oct 2011 @ 11:21am
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I would also like to add, that yes I see how the exclusive deal is bad for comic fans. However, I don't see how this move will do anything to mitigate that damage.
If anything, B&N removing the physical comics from its stores would strengthen Amazon's position as a 'the place' to get comics.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 11 Oct 2011 @ 11:17am
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The way I see this is as follows:
DC hurt its non-Amazon customers by signing an exclusive digital deal with Amazon.
In response to this, B&N hurts themselves by diverting a revenue stream (however small or large is not relevant) to other stores.
Customers who did get comics from B&N get mad at B&N and go somewhere else.
I think it is a stupid move on B&N's part. It could have made a point with its customers and made Amazon and DC out to be the bad guys and it wouldn't have had to hurt the customers in the process. Yet they chose the boneheaded move.
"Google and Facebook track you everywhere; Google reads your Gmail; your ISP not only logs all activity, but deep packet inspection taps are now being installed; Windows is back-doored for NSA; your phone can be remotely activated to listen and provides constant GPS location."
Hmmm. Not quite. Each can be bypassed with the following:
1) Don't use Facebook and only allow cookies and ads from trusted sources.
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The perk of signing with IV is that you get access to all the patents IV has control of in a massive cross licensing deal. That is what we are talking about.
Google signs with IV, tosses a few patents into the mix as part of the deal. In return, Google gets to use any of the other patents under the IV umbrella in its own products.
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All business plans should be created by a bunch of cigar smoking, scotch drinking suits in a board room.
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And that is good legislation? If it takes a class of lawyers 2 hours to just scratch the surface of patent law, what hope is there for the non-lawyered inventor? I thought we were supposed to have patent laws that promote progress and useful arts not patent laws that promote law degrees and litigation.
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If anything, B&N removing the physical comics from its stores would strengthen Amazon's position as a 'the place' to get comics.
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DC hurt its non-Amazon customers by signing an exclusive digital deal with Amazon.
In response to this, B&N hurts themselves by diverting a revenue stream (however small or large is not relevant) to other stores.
Customers who did get comics from B&N get mad at B&N and go somewhere else.
I think it is a stupid move on B&N's part. It could have made a point with its customers and made Amazon and DC out to be the bad guys and it wouldn't have had to hurt the customers in the process. Yet they chose the boneheaded move.
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5) Host your own email.
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Hmmm. Not quite. Each can be bypassed with the following:
1) Don't use Facebook and only allow cookies and ads from trusted sources.
2) Use an encrypted VPN connection.
3) Use Linux
4) Use a "burn phone"
Isn't technology great?
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Google signs with IV, tosses a few patents into the mix as part of the deal. In return, Google gets to use any of the other patents under the IV umbrella in its own products.
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The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
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That is not to say that the majority of their profit comes from game sales, because that is the truth.
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You can't learn to program for the DS by programming on the PC. The hardware is vastly different and thus poses unique challenges to the programmer.
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