CAFC "decides" that USPTO needs to review these patents again for validity????
Perhaps the court doesn't understand what the "P" in USPTO stands for? I am now wondering how the courts would react if patent examiners began doubting judges' interpretation of the law and having cases retried that have already been determined.
Seriously, how much of that RIM settlement has gone into the pocket of that judge?
According to the Twitter TOS, Twitter is technically a copyright holder of any Twitpics sent over their network.
Shouldn't Summit Entertainment be suing Twitter as well? But..but... isn't Twitter the actual copyright holder? Wait... Shouldn't Twitter be suing these people for sharing images Twitter owns? Or should Twitter be suing Summit Entertainment because Twitter is the copyright holder of the pics? WTF?? This whole copyright thing is just confusing.
I'm just cracking up as I imagine what the defense is in this case.
I'm thinking some imaginative lawyer is going to come up with a cultural defense.
"Your honor, my client was just returning what she believed to be a form of greeting. In my client's culture, it is quite normal, after stroking of her labium to return the affection with a squeezing and twisting of the breasts."
This is the bit that I find laughable. If you have to pay politicians to push legislation, isn't there the SLIGHTEST possibility that the lobbyists just MIGHT have a vested interest and not be the most impartial source of information?????
In other words, Protect IP is being pushed by a mountain of cash and not the desire to do the will of the people.
If we suppose the bogus stats about the economic value of IP Centric Industries are true, then why is it that those industries have been growing without this legislation?
My gut feel is to say, let this be a lesson to Congress since they don't seem to remember the short lived PROHIBITION and how that turned out. If the DNS system is damaged then cleaning up that mess will be far more difficult than just repealing a bad law and saying "oops". Good luck with that.
Re: Re: What innovation resulted from Safe Harbors?
comment #11
It really didn't take long to find the dumbest comment Ive heard in a while.
Its obvious that Mike will not be adding a "moron" button next to "insightful", even though this comment reeks of stupidity.
"Without content, the internet is an empty pipe. If the content is only trash, it's a waste of a pipe.
Remember: things are pirated because they are popular and desirable, not the other way around. "
So this moron believes that if you removed ALL of the copyrighted content from the internet today, that it would be an empty pipe? Really???? Ever heard of Skype, MSN, YAHOO, Google, Facebook, email, xbox, secondlife, p2p networks, cloud computing (and the list goes on) ????? Isnt Facebook alone worth more than all of the major labels combined???
Those in the content industry seem to be ignoring the point of the argument.
Let's take a moment and try to explain it in plain English. Stating that infringement is a symptom and that the business model is the the problem; IS NOT, i repeat, IS NOT stating that "piracy" (infringement) is ok.
So for all of the commenters that began with their tirade against the pro-piracy movement, you seem to have no clue what you are talking about. The argument is not about pro-piracy, but rather that the faults in the business model actually encourage infringement. Thus, those who are anti-piracy are actually pro-piracy.
So its not the freetards causing the problem but rather the major stakeholders in the content industry who are pro-piracy.
I'm begging Mike to add a "moron" button next to insightful. Comments like this one just scream in support of it.
"VCs have little interest in IP laws, they just get in the way of a fast buck."
Assuming that is correct, because we all know that so many companies funded by VC's turn around a huge windfall in a short period of time, what's wrong with that concept? Investing wisely in someone's innovation for profit.
I suppose it's just not as great a business model as getting a lifetime monopoly rent (that wipes out the incentive to innovate).
Could someone please give me the reasons that a photo of a dead OBL would be a threat to national security or should remain top secret?
It would seem that keeping such a photo secret does much much more to threaten national security. What is to keep any and all terrorist groups from simply saying that OBL's death is just US propaganda?
Personally Im getting a bit sick of all this terrorist bullshit.
Ok, i was reading this and at the same time my youtube playlist was going in another window and it kinda hit me. Why the f*ck are the labels freaking out about piracy????
I didn't pay for any of the music on my youtube playlist regardless of whether its on VEVO or not. Don't the labels get that people don't really differentiate between file sharing, itunes, youtube, grooveshark or other services? It's like watching TV or turning on a light for most of us, we turn it on and it works. We don't care about the distribution method.
We the consumers have figured out how to use the net as our modern ON DEMAND radio. We don't care about how the labels monetize the music, we've been trained that we can listen to it for free while someone else pays the ad revenue or whatever. Calling us thieves because we are doing the things we have done all our lives isn't going to change our behavior.
Last I heard, Lady Gaga is one of those artists that has a 360 deal. If I am correct in my understanding, her label is willing to lose a little on recording sales because they get a chunk of EVERYTHING she does.
But it is nice to here her speak out for reasonable priced music. The industry probably wants a million more Gagas ( they just wish they could price her higher ).
The Bush Administration began this and now the Republican Party is full of rampant terrorists. They continue to use fear as their means of passing any legislation thats questionable. The sad part is that the sheeple fully accept this.
Even more sad is that anyone with a rational thought in Congress is afraid of being voted out of office for being soft on terrorism.
The sheeple need to wake up and realize that Americans MURDER more Americans than any foreign terrorists. So we should strip the TSA budget and put that money into more police officers in the states. The PATRIOT Act is sooo Un-American that Im surprised the Supreme Court hasn't struck it down. Just because.
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Hmmmmm
http://www.verrilldana.com/files/PSB.Microsoft.pdf
On the post: Patent Loving Court Strikes Again: CAFC Orders USPTO To Reconsider NTP Patents It Had Rejected
EPIC WTF?
Perhaps the court doesn't understand what the "P" in USPTO stands for? I am now wondering how the courts would react if patent examiners began doubting judges' interpretation of the law and having cases retried that have already been determined.
Seriously, how much of that RIM settlement has gone into the pocket of that judge?
On the post: Summit Entertainment Commences Criminal Legal Action Against Twilight Fan Who Shared Images From Movie
TOS
Shouldn't Summit Entertainment be suing Twitter as well? But..but... isn't Twitter the actual copyright holder? Wait... Shouldn't Twitter be suing these people for sharing images Twitter owns? Or should Twitter be suing Summit Entertainment because Twitter is the copyright holder of the pics? WTF?? This whole copyright thing is just confusing.
On the post: Woman Faces Felony Charges For Groping A TSA Agent
Can't wait for the defense in this case
I'm thinking some imaginative lawyer is going to come up with a cultural defense.
"Your honor, my client was just returning what she believed to be a form of greeting. In my client's culture, it is quite normal, after stroking of her labium to return the affection with a squeezing and twisting of the breasts."
Case dismissed.... footage on youporn.com
On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed
Lobbying?
In other words, Protect IP is being pushed by a mountain of cash and not the desire to do the will of the people.
If we suppose the bogus stats about the economic value of IP Centric Industries are true, then why is it that those industries have been growing without this legislation?
My gut feel is to say, let this be a lesson to Congress since they don't seem to remember the short lived PROHIBITION and how that turned out. If the DNS system is damaged then cleaning up that mess will be far more difficult than just repealing a bad law and saying "oops". Good luck with that.
On the post: Smear Campaign Ramps Up Against Those Who Believe Free Speech Is More Important Than Hollywood's Obsolete Business Model
Re: Re: What innovation resulted from Safe Harbors?
It really didn't take long to find the dumbest comment Ive heard in a while.
Its obvious that Mike will not be adding a "moron" button next to "insightful", even though this comment reeks of stupidity.
"Without content, the internet is an empty pipe. If the content is only trash, it's a waste of a pipe.
Remember: things are pirated because they are popular and desirable, not the other way around. "
So this moron believes that if you removed ALL of the copyrighted content from the internet today, that it would be an empty pipe? Really???? Ever heard of Skype, MSN, YAHOO, Google, Facebook, email, xbox, secondlife, p2p networks, cloud computing (and the list goes on) ????? Isnt Facebook alone worth more than all of the major labels combined???
Just one huge WTF???
On the post: Ericsson Recognizes That 'Piracy' Isn't The Problem, But A Symptom Of Failed Business Models
Irony at its best
Let's take a moment and try to explain it in plain English. Stating that infringement is a symptom and that the business model is the the problem; IS NOT, i repeat, IS NOT stating that "piracy" (infringement) is ok.
So for all of the commenters that began with their tirade against the pro-piracy movement, you seem to have no clue what you are talking about. The argument is not about pro-piracy, but rather that the faults in the business model actually encourage infringement. Thus, those who are anti-piracy are actually pro-piracy.
So its not the freetards causing the problem but rather the major stakeholders in the content industry who are pro-piracy.
On the post: Top VCs Tell Congress: PROTECT IP Will Harm Innovation
Re:
"VCs have little interest in IP laws, they just get in the way of a fast buck."
Assuming that is correct, because we all know that so many companies funded by VC's turn around a huge windfall in a short period of time, what's wrong with that concept? Investing wisely in someone's innovation for profit.
I suppose it's just not as great a business model as getting a lifetime monopoly rent (that wipes out the incentive to innovate).
On the post: Once Again, The Freedom Of Information Act Is Proving To Be Just That: An Act
Just a simple answer
It would seem that keeping such a photo secret does much much more to threaten national security. What is to keep any and all terrorist groups from simply saying that OBL's death is just US propaganda?
Personally Im getting a bit sick of all this terrorist bullshit.
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Re: Update to the story
F*ck it !! I'm returning those overdue library books ASAP. The penalties are getting too damn stiff !!
On the post: New Bill Introduced To Outlaw GPS Tracking Without Consent
Ummmm
Don't you mean TERRORISM ???
On the post: New Bill Introduced To Outlaw GPS Tracking Without Consent
Ummmm
Don't you mean TERRORISM ???
On the post: Record Labels, Once Again, Freak Out About Anyone Making Their Content Useful
Just wondering
I didn't pay for any of the music on my youtube playlist regardless of whether its on VEVO or not. Don't the labels get that people don't really differentiate between file sharing, itunes, youtube, grooveshark or other services? It's like watching TV or turning on a light for most of us, we turn it on and it works. We don't care about the distribution method.
We the consumers have figured out how to use the net as our modern ON DEMAND radio. We don't care about how the labels monetize the music, we've been trained that we can listen to it for free while someone else pays the ad revenue or whatever. Calling us thieves because we are doing the things we have done all our lives isn't going to change our behavior.
On the post: Entrepreneur Magazine's History Of Suing Entrepreneurs For Using The Word Entrepreneur Gets More Attention
Cracking up
On the post: Lady Gaga Says $0.99 Albums Make Sense, Especially For Digital
Of course she doesn't care
But it is nice to here her speak out for reasonable priced music. The industry probably wants a million more Gagas ( they just wish they could price her higher ).
On the post: Apple Says That You Can't Give Away A 'Free' iPad Or iPhone In A Contest
Changing times
On the post: Can You Support An Entire Recording Industry By Shaking Down Music Fans?
That's how Germans do things
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Re:
On the post: Congress Folds: Extends Controversial & Likely Abused PATRIOT Act Provisions For 4 More Years
Definition of Terrorism
Even more sad is that anyone with a rational thought in Congress is afraid of being voted out of office for being soft on terrorism.
The sheeple need to wake up and realize that Americans MURDER more Americans than any foreign terrorists. So we should strip the TSA budget and put that money into more police officers in the states. The PATRIOT Act is sooo Un-American that Im surprised the Supreme Court hasn't struck it down. Just because.
On the post: Insanity Rules: UK Judge Says Mass Revealing Of Ryan Giggs Name Means Injunction Is Even More Necessary
someone point the judge to Google
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