twilson’s Comments

• Oct 27th, 2009 @ 4:00am

  Re: Would this stand up?

  on Why Do Some Politicians Want To Ban You From Putting New Software On A Prepaid Mobile Phone?
  Well, firstly, if you buy a SUBSIDIZED handset, it isn't technically 100% yours. As until the subsidy has been paid off, part of the handset actually belongs to the operator your purchased it from.
• Oct 19th, 2009 @ 5:07am

  Re: Re: Re:

  on Is Morality Even A Question In Copyright?
  "Even if an indy band is selling their material on Itunes, there is a middle man called Apple in the game."
  
  Actually there is usually still a music publisher (CDBaby or some similar service) between Apple and an 'indy band' as Apple will not deal with individual artists/groups directly.
• Oct 8th, 2009 @ 4:45am

  Building Blocks of Life Patent

  on Basic Building Blocks Of Life Patented... But Wins A Nobel Prize
  Surely there is an awful lot of prior art going back hundreds of thousands of years.
  
  Does that mean every new parent is infringing this patent?
  
  I hate this kind of thing. Most of the human genome is patented to hell. It just shouldn't be possible.
  
  Could you patent Gravity?
• Oct 7th, 2009 @ 3:50am

  (untitled comment)

  on UK Royal Mail Uses Copyright Claim To Shut Down Postal Code Info Online
  Just as with UK Ordnance Survey mapping data, Postal Codes belong to the Crown.
  
  And just because you can find out postcode information freely online from the Royal Mail does not give you permission to scrape their site or allow you to redistribute that information, as I'm sure the Royal Mail website points out.
  
  This is very much a non-issue.
  
  Also with regards to Google, I think there is a licensing restriction (probably for a cheaper fee) that prevents them from displaying the full postcode on Google Maps (hence you only see the first half), although you can search with the full postcode.