I humbly retract my trolling comment, I can see the possible relevance of that case. Since you actually took the time to respond in a clear and rational manner, and did not tell anyone to die in a fire, I'm assuming you are not one of our usual cave dwelling denizens. Why, then, did you begin your thread with name calling? Or do you really think "Pirate Mike" is a term of endearment?
I quit asking for a "Sad but true" button once I figured out that I'd feel compelled to click it about a thousand times a day. I guess Mike is just doing his part to reduce carpal tunnel syndrome.
Any patent that doesn't include a circuit diagram or engineering drawing of a real THING is invalid. Thus all software patents and just about all "system and method" patents are invalid.
You want to create a piece of hardware to handle a software problem? Fine, you can get a patent on that EXACT implementation of that solution. You want to claim that you "own" any software solution that answers problem X? Fuck you.
Holy shit, I would totally buy a Pirate Mike Sock Puppet™!!! Perfect for an Etsy web store! C'mon folks, get on this, or am I gonna have to do it myself?!?
It was better than that on Comedy Central Tuesday night during Tosh.0: there were THREE banners (1 from Viacom, 2 from DirecTV), all bitching and calling each other liars and telling the viewer to call 800-blahblah to complain. If it wasn't taking up so much screen real-estate it would have been hilarious; as it was though, it was just incredibly annoying.
No man, until I read that line I was totally under the impression that Best Korea had licensed all relevant materials and that the show was fully endorsed post-humously by Walt Disney himself.
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Probably not fair but...
A collection society being unfairly fined? I'm oddly o.k. with that.
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Any patent that doesn't include a circuit diagram or engineering drawing of a real THING is invalid. Thus all software patents and just about all "system and method" patents are invalid.
You want to create a piece of hardware to handle a software problem? Fine, you can get a patent on that EXACT implementation of that solution. You want to claim that you "own" any software solution that answers problem X? Fuck you.
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And I bet his tears taste like sour grapes (not that I really want to find out).
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p.s. Don't give them any ideas!
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