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I remember several years ago a company, I think some British telco (?), tried to convince everyone they had exclusive rights to the concept of hyperlinks, and expected pretty much everyone to pay them licencing fees. This is a similarly stupid idea. In fact the whole concept of patenting "business processes" is rather absurd.
Copyright and patents were designed to protect the hard work of inovators, inventors, artists etc. but they've been corrupted by big businesses and their lawyers, who see them as a way of inventing new (and completely abstract) ways of making money while screwing the little guys.
Hopefully this will all just go away, like the silly hyperlink thing did. Fingers crossed.
Chris
www.cmc.id.au - Posted by: blahfeld Posted on: 11/23/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
patent ********!
dg mh | 11/20/03
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ZDnet should add new div
Arrg | 11/20/03
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I am patenting soon
FirstNLastN | 11/20/03
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even better
ghetyei | 11/20/03
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This is worrying
VicVics | 11/20/03
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oh yeah
lmaxwell | 11/21/03
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i am gonna patent home decore,
Chris Moller | 11/21/03
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Patenting hyperlinks
blahfeld | 11/23/03
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Follow up
blahfeld | 11/23/03
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So... IBM has a patent on ESCROW ?
BitTwiddler | 11/20/03
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Are you following this, EU
Frihet | 11/20/03
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In other news
Arrg | 11/20/03
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Why this is a good thing.
No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/03
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The Difference
FirstNLastN | 11/20/03
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Here's a fix
voska | 11/21/03
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If you take this to the illogical conclusion... (FIX Feedback)
AbsolutelyNot | 11/20/03
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Patents, Patents everywhere
master of illusion | 11/20/03
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wow
lmaxwell | 11/21/03
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(NT) This is getting ridiculous......
James T. Kirk | 11/21/03
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My new patent.
edpotrafke | 11/21/03
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ridiculous
wk2000 | 11/21/03
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Whoa! Hold on.....
jvahabzadeh | 11/21/03
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Mother-of-all-patents
dougbatchelder | 11/22/03
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