It looks like Jacques Nazaire forgot to pack a parachute when he got on the Prenda flight to fantasy land. Now that he sees it is not headed where he thought it was he is desperately working the controls.
He will continue on board...all the way to the crash site.
The takeaway from this is obvious.
Too many great inventions are slipping through without being patented, therefore the system is too hard.
We need to make patents more like copyright. Automatically applied to every invention and make them last until the last of the inventors offspring have died.
Not being that keen on movies I went with Amazon so I can get stuff shipped faster and watch Red Dwarf. Consequently, because I was bored and it was there, I watched Iron Man 2 and Ghost Protocol. 2 movies I never would have watched otherwise.
It was convenient and involved no additional cost (mental or monetary).
As much as I welcome their departure, this is what I thought about, I would have to think there are contracts in place that would prevent this from happening in a "few days".
I couldn't figure out how they got enough " C-suite" executives to respond since this is a group that in general tries to stay busy being productive and doesn't have time for surveys.
200+ C-suite executives (CEO, CFO, CTO) surveyed
Leaders of U.S. companies with 25 to 1,000 employees
More than 30 industries represented
Looks like they contacted a few of their golfing buddies to pass out the survey in their offices.
And Netflix can blame only Netflix. When they started they walked into Walmart and bought DVDs to rent. If they had continued to purchase their product and then rent it they would own all their movies. Instead the decided to make a deal with the studios to lower costs(completely understandable) and now are at the mercy of the studios.
I realize this doesn't address the streaming but I believe that had Netflix not gotten into agreements with the studios they would have better alternatives than they now face. I wish them luck with their original content, it is all that can save them.
And they released the broken version at the same time increasing the likelihood that people looking for it would find it.
I also thought this was amusing until I saw they were using the worn out "stealing our game" line.
These guys are no different than EA or Ubisof, just not as well funded.
"In one such case, the Court awarded Barnes & Noble its costs—but the total awarded was less than $50K. The company expended millions to achieve that victory, but attorneys’ and expert fees are not recoverable as a matter of course."
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TYVM
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He will continue on board...all the way to the crash site.
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Re: Not holding my breath...
Mike stating he is going to take the optimistic approach makes me cringe in fear.
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Missing the point
Too many great inventions are slipping through without being patented, therefore the system is too hard.
We need to make patents more like copyright. Automatically applied to every invention and make them last until the last of the inventors offspring have died.
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It was convenient and involved no additional cost (mental or monetary).
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Re: Price: value, plus a sum for the wear and tear...
Since I have seen several of his quotes over the year and find them interesting, I took you up on that and hit the free Kindle version on Amazon.
Thanks Blue.
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Once again, the correct answer is both.
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So not only is he an idiot, he is a lying idiot.
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200+ C-suite executives (CEO, CFO, CTO) surveyed
Leaders of U.S. companies with 25 to 1,000 employees
More than 30 industries represented
Looks like they contacted a few of their golfing buddies to pass out the survey in their offices.
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I realize this doesn't address the streaming but I believe that had Netflix not gotten into agreements with the studios they would have better alternatives than they now face. I wish them luck with their original content, it is all that can save them.
You can't negotiate with terrorists.
or
You can't argue with a sick mind.
Pick one, either applies to the studios.
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I also thought this was amusing until I saw they were using the worn out "stealing our game" line.
These guys are no different than EA or Ubisof, just not as well funded.
Possibly a little more creative.
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What if you can only sue once for a patent.
If you need to sue more than one other company it is prima facie evidence of obviousness and the patent is invalid.
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"In one such case, the Court awarded Barnes & Noble its costs—but the total awarded was less than $50K. The company expended millions to achieve that victory, but attorneys’ and expert fees are not recoverable as a matter of course."
Looks like the lawyers get most of it.
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