"In fact, lawsuits surrounding software patents have more than tripled since 1999, and they have become part of the price of doing business in America."
(emphasis mine)
Everyone who uses technology is affected by software patents. All this litigation is payed through increased cost to the customer.
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On the post: Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
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Why do you hate freedom?
On the post: Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote
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On the post: Oracle/Google Case Shows Just How Totally Pointless It Is To Have Patents On Software
Everyone who uses technology is affected by software patents. All this litigation is payed through increased cost to the customer.
On the post: Australian Government Plans To Continue Holding Secret Anti-Piracy 'Stakeholder' Meetings With Industry; No Consumer Advocates Allowed
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I am suspect of the implementation.
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On the post: 50 Cent Sued Over Infringing Sample; When Will Hip-Hop's Stars Speak Up About Copyright?
Re: Why? Because they profit
Why do guys keep picking on him?
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On the post: Dropbox Adds Key Feature That Supposedly Made Megaupload Illegal: Link To Download
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On the post: The Band's Ex-Manager Accuses Reddit Of Profiting From Piracy In Debate With Co-Founder
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On the post: To Read All Of The Privacy Policies You Encounter, You'd Need To Take A Month Off From Work Each Year
On the post: Italian 'Blog Killer' Law Rises From the Grave
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Way to utterly disprove your own statement, moron.
On the post: The First Analysis Of The Web: Vague, But Exciting
Re: Al Gore is always misquoted about the Internet
Two points:
The article says he "is credited as the inventor", not "he said he invented".
The article says "World Wide Web", not "internet".
If you think that the WWW and the internet are the same thing, you should do some research on that subject...
On the post: Ridiculous Statutory Damages Rules Mean Judge Regretfully Awards $3.6 Million For Circumvention Of DRM
Re: The Big Lie
In my opinion, if I have physical possession of an item through legal means I OWN IT. Period.
On the post: Supreme Court To Review If It's Legal To Resell A Book You Bought Abroad
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On the post: Copyright Maximalists Try To Regroup And Figure Out How To 'Fight Back' Against The Public
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Wait, that's infringement...
What? Now I'm confused...
On the post: ACTA Closer To Death: Remaining EU Supporters Contemplate Rejecting It
Re: Re: But... but... piracy!
On the post: US Judge Forbids Motorola From Using German Injunction Against Microsoft
I'm sure other countries will hate us less now...
On the post: The Mantra Of The Digital Generation: Life, Liberty And Blazing Broadband
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Didn't your mom teach you to share?
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