I assure you, "reasonable" and "legal" are different enough nobody could mistake one for the other even if they were dead-drunk and met either in a darkened alley.
If we modified the copyleft articles(?) to say something like "Agents, hirelings, and minions of the RIAA may not use the free and open-source music under penalty of standard copyright fees". They could then be sued for million$ if anybody in their organization downloads/hears those songs.
Spoken like somebody who has never had to interact with a patent in his/her/its life.
A patent is supposed to be "how to build a thing"
A modern patent today is "useless gibberish which vaguely describes a thing"
I know this from personal experience.
Also, I'll put my money where my mouth is. Find me 5 patents obtained the last year which are accurate (eg: non-vague, not ambiguous, precise) descriptions of "how to build a thing" and I've got $100 for you.
Today, Instructables.com carries the spirit of innovation forward, and the patent office holds it back.
If we simply went back to requiring a working model of the object patented--plus a few caveats such as the patent text being a precise description & illustration(s) of the working model and nothing else--future stupid patent-trolling cases would become nigh impossible.
Of course, such a thing might preclude software patents altogether. And, as a code monkey, I see nothing wrong with such a development.
I'm just going to leave this right here. It's about 15 minutes long, "One propaganda-drenched society critiques another, as North Korean filmmakers present the U.S. citizenry as brainwashed “slaves” to illusions created by corporations."
"It's going to be a back and forth, cat and mouse game for a long, long time..."
In light of China's very long history; a long cat & mouse game is exactly how many lasting changes in China have come about. So, maybe Google is on the right track.
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Re: Re: From the IP Madhouse
If IP were to disappear, the grocery chains would literally have to fire every stocker, cashier, butcher, baker, and manager.
All they'd have left is lonely, empty buildings which were once grocery stores.
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Re: Their child was called "no legal reason"
On the post: Obama Administration: $1.5 Million For Sharing 24 Songs Is Perfectly Reasonable
CopyLeft Trap
Tit for tat, as it were.
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Re: Re: Re: Marginal
However, I'm on Techdirt all the time. Submit it as a story (I'm certain it will be of interest) and I will without doubt see it.
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Re: Marginal
A patent is supposed to be "how to build a thing"
A modern patent today is "useless gibberish which vaguely describes a thing"
I know this from personal experience.
Also, I'll put my money where my mouth is. Find me 5 patents obtained the last year which are accurate (eg: non-vague, not ambiguous, precise) descriptions of "how to build a thing" and I've got $100 for you.
Today, Instructables.com carries the spirit of innovation forward, and the patent office holds it back.
/rant
On the post: Shouldn't We See It As A Problem When Patents Are The Product Itself?
The "Working Model" test
Of course, such a thing might preclude software patents altogether. And, as a code monkey, I see nothing wrong with such a development.
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Re: Re: Re: Kaching
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Re: Kaching
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Re:-D
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Re: Re: How to phrase it:
We do not forgive,
We do not forget,
Expect us.
...perhaps?
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Not surprised in the least.
I'm just going to leave this right here. It's about 15 minutes long, "One propaganda-drenched society critiques another, as North Korean filmmakers present the U.S. citizenry as brainwashed “slaves” to illusions created by corporations."
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Palace Politics
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Re: Man...
All the presidents are just puppets who are there to keep your attention away from those in power.
So, let it go. You are in no way responsible. It's not like your vote actually counted for anything.
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Re: Queue the jackass trolls
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Re: Re: Proof!
Dag-nabbit! The numbers of things that slip my mind these days...
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Proof!
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Re: Re: Genius!
On the post: Chinese Microblog Service Introduces Five-Strike Program To Block 'Rumors' And 'Evil Teachings'
The end of religion?
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Re: Re:
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The missing link
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