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Patents on Bronze Age Technology
Apple managed to get a patent on an invention which dates at least from 1290 B.C.
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Voices against the patent system: The Economist 1851
The Economist from 1851 with a very spirited piece against patents.
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Voices against the patent system: The Economist 1851
The Economist from 1851 with a very spirited piece against patents.
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The New Robot Patent
Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used…
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The New Robot Patent
Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used…
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Whining about copyright violations? Shut the fuck up!
A world fragmented I recently got “upgraded” from google android market to “google play” which supposedly lets you also buy movies, music and books apart from android apps. Guess what? We’re sorry. The Google Play music player is currently only available in the United States. And We’re sorry, the document you requested is not available…
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Whining about copyright violations? Shut the fuck up!
A world fragmented I recently got “upgraded” from google android market to “google play” which supposedly lets you also buy movies, music and books apart from android apps. Guess what? We’re sorry. The Google Play music player is currently only available in the United States. And We’re sorry, the document you requested is not available…
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The End of the Patent System
There’s two ways the patent system will end: Either we end it, or it will become a 20%+ tax to lawyers on everything.
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The End of the Patent System
There’s two ways the patent system will end: Either we end it, or it will become a 20%+ tax to lawyers on everything.
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Ahoi!
Ich bin von der Piratenpartei als Nationalratskandidat der Nationalratswahlen 2011 für Zürich aufgestellt worden. Dies hier ist mein politisches Logbuch. Gleichzeitig bindet es via FeedWordPress alle politischen Artikel aus meinem allgemeinen (und in einem Durcheinander von Englisch und Deutsch gehaltenen) Blog ein.