Is that any different from a case where there's only one patent holder, but they want to make a profit? In this case there's 62 owners and they all want to make a profit.
It seems to me that more and more companies (and government organizations) are simply declaring things to be law which aren't. When it was one or two companies doing it, I chalked it up to incompetence, but at this point I have to assume that it is an intentional act meant to scare off those who are not familiar with the *actual* law.
And why not? Has anyone ever seen repercussions for doing so?
(by the way, failure to mark this post "insightful" is a felony)
To me, this is a corporate brand of the NSA snooping. It's "just metadata" And I have no problem with regulating commerce in this regard. I don't feel you should be able to use people in advertising without their permission.
Feinstein's husband Richard Blum, and by extension, Feinstein herself, is making heaps of money off military contracts. Think that has anything to do with her position?
A surveillance program of any kind is just "data collection". Feinstein is either a complete idiot, or incredibly corrupt. (or, well, both) She is a discredit to the USA.
Obama wanted to tell his sponsors that he was still bought, but didn't want to have to appear in public saying he was bought. So he sent Biden to take the hit for him.
If you're not smart enough to figure this out, maybe "cop" is too challenging a job for you
The only actual cases of guns being hidden in phones was in russia, and the phone was a brick phone not an ultra-thin smart phone. And even if it were possible to fit a gun inside a smartphone (it'd have to be a custom caliber smaller than a .22) it would have to be fit lengthwise, and it'd require removing the guts of the actual phone. A functional smartphone is proof that it is not a gun.
On the post: DailyDirt: Weird Airplane Designs
On the post: NSA Intercepting 'Millions Of Images' Per Day In Order To Fill Facial Recognition Database
On the post: The $120 Smartphone Patent Tax: Patent Royalties Cost More Than The Actual Hardware In Your Phone
On the post: Should Revealing Fracking's Chemicals Be A Crime?
On the post: Metropolitan Museum Of Art Claims Copyright Over Massive Trove Of Public Domain Works
Law by fiat
And why not? Has anyone ever seen repercussions for doing so?
(by the way, failure to mark this post "insightful" is a felony)
On the post: Should It Be Against The Law To Say That The Watch You're Selling Was Worn By Sandra Bullock?
On the post: Feinstein (Again) Says Metadata Program 'Is Not Surveillance'
Oh, I forgot...
On the post: Feinstein (Again) Says Metadata Program 'Is Not Surveillance'
On the post: Congressional Reps Signing Sympathy-For-The-Cable-Industry Letter Received More Than Twice As Much Funding From Cable Lobbyists
And they wonder why they have a hard time reaching more people?
On the post: Cisco Goes Straight To The President To Complain About The NSA Intercepting Its Hardware
Re: US is pissing and moaning about China spying
On the post: Lessig's Anti-SuperPAC SuperPAC Raises First $1 Million In Just 12 Days
Ok, that's what I was waiting for.
On the post: DOJ Says Americans Have No 4th Amendment Protections At All When They Communicate With Foreigners
Obviously
On the post: Cable Industry Lies Through Its Teeth: Falsely Claims Greater Broadband Investment & Support For Net Neutrality
Griping about lousy politicians here is one thing, but at least on twitter you know one of his staffers will read it.
On the post: Keith Alexander: NSA Makes The Entire Internet Weaker To Protect You From Terrorists
Question
On the post: US Patent Office Grants 'Photography Against A White Background' Patent To Amazon
This makes me realize I am in the wrong line of work
On the post: How Comcast Is Trying To Turn The Internet Into The Old, Broken Phone System
Well...
On the post: Biden, Goodlatte Preach To The IP Maximalist Choir, Vow To Make 'Second-Rate' Countries Bend To US IP Laws
What actually happened:
On the post: NYPD Officers Expect Public To Be Stupider Than They Are; Justify Shutting Down Recording With 'iPhones Are Guns' Claim
If you're not smart enough to figure this out, maybe "cop" is too challenging a job for you
On the post: Interconnection: Or How Big Broadband Kills Net Neutrality Without Violating 'Net Neutrality'
On the post: Company Uses Bogus Polls And Gag Orders To Protect Image Of License Plate Scanning
Next >>