Breakpoints Patented
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Am I the only one who finds stuff like this[^] a bit frustrating?
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
Notice that this application was submitted to the US Patent Office in 2002 and no patent has issued. (You can search it at www.uspto.gov) Perhaps you're not the only one who found it ridiculous.
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Am I the only one who finds stuff like this[^] a bit frustrating?
My Blog A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
Holy crap! That's a blatant case of infringement of my original patent on debugging (circa 1885): "A process by which defects are removed from the physical implementation of an algorithm, by ripping the device to shreds, pointing fingers at the customer for not identifying all requirements up front, and when all else fails, blaming the compiler." US Patent 31,415,926,535 Ravi Bhavnani, Institute of Fundamental Ham Sandwich Research /ravi
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Thanks for the opportunity for dialog. I'm not quite sure how you heard what I said to conclude that I support this patent. This was my thought process: There are so many people patenting so many pieces of software, that I became afraid that I might infringe some obscure patent purely by accident. If I come up with my own fairly clever code construction, how can I be sure that I'm not in hot water even though I "invented" it independently? That's what I meant. I apologize for any personal affront I may have caused earlier, but regarding DRM, I believe that content owners have a fair right to try to protect their property. If there is a better way to stop piracy, other than DRM, then don't keep it a secret, let's hear about it. I think the subject can be discussed without animosity. Considering that copyright laws are federal laws, copyright infringement already is a federal offense. :)
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
> If there is a better way to stop piracy, other than DRM, then don't keep it a secret, let's hear about it. DRM isn't only to stop piracy, it's to control what format and player we use the media on. The multitude of manufacturing industries don't seem to have a problem with the race to the bottom, so why should the media companies? If the prices of media were more reasonable than the historical eye-gouging that takes place (e.g. CD, DVD pricing) then there would be less piracy (e.g. ITunes) Technology is out-pacing business models, so affected businesses have to innovate or die. Unfortunately the innovation is heading in the wrong direction (DRM). Disruptive technologies are not going to disappear.
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DRM isn't the answer to piracy... protecting one's content and just charging for the same song over and over everytime you decide to change your system of protection are completely different things!! Too many competing DRM's, too many reason's why DRM is not good for the consumer. Copyright infringement isn't piracy, copyright infringement is copyright infringement!! Piracy is when you seek financial gain from it... Copyright infringment can't be stopped now, it's too widely accepted. The music industry has two choices... move to a subscription/music-tax model for music (DRM free btw) and charge for value added products like CD's. The second choice is to sell music like they do now but DRM free and at resonable cost... because if they all accept one DRM model, I guaranty it will be broken within a year and they will be back to square one! As for software patents, I'm in Europe and luckily we haven't been silly enough to introduce them here.... yet! Let's hope they stay smart and keep them out. I'm not sure if I can be sued in Europe from a US held patent though?! :confused:
atilaw wrote:
Copyright infringement isn't piracy, copyright infringement is copyright infringement!! Piracy is when you seek financial gain from it...
But if you haven't paid for it then you have obtained a financial gain from it! Back on topic... it is an absurd patent.
