Patents
Yes, what is going on in Italy is about as frightening as that headline reads. Authorities in Italy have been attacking the internet on multiple fronts as of late with many moves that are eerily intrusive and controlling. First you may be wondering why such a drastic headline. I want everyone to know that I [...]
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As absurd as it may sound, it turns out patents really can kill people. This is a first for me, but I found an appaling story about an abuse of the patent system that violates intellectual property rights, consumer rights, human rights, justice, and can lead to more deaths. Now you may be thinking just [...]
This is one of those times where I say we should just kill patents on the use of something AND make it so that software process patents should have the source code patented, not the process itself. That way if more than 60% of the code is different then the lawsuit is automatically dropped. The [...]
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This article is a response both to an article I found on TechDirt and the comments from an IP thumper that commented on the article. What this article talks about is some genetic researchers were blocked from doing research into genetically modified crops because of IP patents that a greedy company that makes genetically modified [...]
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