Apple didn't originate that scheme, and this Chinese manufacturer won't be the last to use it, either. It happens quite frequently, I'm afraid. Small innovator comes up with great idea, but can't afford to patent it (can take several million in US patent process, and only gives you the right to sue) then along comes Mr. Deep-pockets-Sleazeball who copies it, patents it, and forces the originator to shut down with court papers because he can't afford to fight it. Also happens with bullshit software patents.
Yes, the US patent system is broken, on purpose.
This idiot has no credibility. He doesn't know his enemy. He thinks that Google designed the entirety of Android, not realizing that it's an interface for Linux.
He's just a shill for the iOS system. An UNPAID shill, probably. That makes him a stupid shill.
Why are still talking about this idiot? I'm going to watch some YouTube instead...
Why should a corporation be the only entities morally required to exercise their rights on behalf of society?
I believe it comes down to the practical matter of resources and influence. Even a small corporation has resources that dwarf those of all but a very exclusive minority, and those resources can exert a greater-than-average influence over society. Individuals are members of society, and subject to being influenced by society in return. Companies can influence society directly by lobbying and marketing, but are not themselves normally directly influenced in return. There is no direct feedback control mechanism to regulate their behavior. Why are individuals commonly labeled as "threats to society", when companies are a more obvious and greater threat?
I hate to say it, but the only things I've ever seen that affected police behavior, was having a seriously powerful state/federal authority breathing down their necks, ready to send them to "poke in the ass prison", or really bad people with guns planting them in the ground. That's it.
Law suites sometimes affect the politician leadership, but not always. It puts money in the pockets of the lawyers, who were or will be politicians themselves. They almost never actually affect the day-to-day operations of police officers. Any cop is quick to point out that the law that gets practiced in a courtroom usually has little relation to the law on the street. You can actually take that as gospel.
Let them thrash around, and waste their resources in-effectively trying to hold back the sea. Their paid trolls, shills, and lawmakers will all try to stem the tide. To no good. There is no fighting an idea that's time has come.
What they'll find, is that having spent their resources fighting against it, they have little left to join it when they no longer have a choice. By fighting the future, instead of embracing, guiding, and becoming leaders of it, they effectively are destroying any profitable future they may have.
"Ownership of ideas"? I believe the RIAA/MPAA might disagree with you, there. They have literally spent MILLIONS of dollars in bribes to politicians in the USA and elsewhere to have laws and trade agreements created that DO give them ownership of ideas.
SOPA/PIPA and ACTA is twisting copyright into EXACTLY what you're against.
This is part of the reason the few remaining middle class, and most all the upper class, wonder why the rest of us hate them so much. They seem to think that people are poor, because they are stupid and/or lazy, when often it's because they lost everything they worked their whole life for to circumstances beyond their control.
I suppose I could be rich, if I used their morals. I'd just kidnap a bus-load of rich kids, and throw their decapitated heads out a window until I got what I wanted. It's "free market economics" in all it's brutal glory. I'd have something they want, and they'd have to trade with me to get it. If I'm sufficiently ruthless, and have a good enough plan, I'll get away with it. Thus proving that I'd be "worthy" of being one of them.
Gads. Just thinking like that makes me feel dirty, like a lawyer for the IRS.
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Apple didn't originate that scheme, and this Chinese manufacturer won't be the last to use it, either. It happens quite frequently, I'm afraid. Small innovator comes up with great idea, but can't afford to patent it (can take several million in US patent process, and only gives you the right to sue) then along comes Mr. Deep-pockets-Sleazeball who copies it, patents it, and forces the originator to shut down with court papers because he can't afford to fight it. Also happens with bullshit software patents.
Yes, the US patent system is broken, on purpose.
Re: Android (Linux) is built for piracy?
This idiot has no credibility. He doesn't know his enemy. He thinks that Google designed the entirety of Android, not realizing that it's an interface for Linux.
He's just a shill for the iOS system. An UNPAID shill, probably. That makes him a stupid shill.
Why are still talking about this idiot? I'm going to watch some YouTube instead...
Re: Re: MS missing the bigger market...
Not enough.
Re: Re: Re: To a corporation..
Why should a corporation be the only entities morally required to exercise their rights on behalf of society?
I believe it comes down to the practical matter of resources and influence. Even a small corporation has resources that dwarf those of all but a very exclusive minority, and those resources can exert a greater-than-average influence over society. Individuals are members of society, and subject to being influenced by society in return. Companies can influence society directly by lobbying and marketing, but are not themselves normally directly influenced in return. There is no direct feedback control mechanism to regulate their behavior. Why are individuals commonly labeled as "threats to society", when companies are a more obvious and greater threat?
Re: Re: Professionally agitated?
I hate to say it, but the only things I've ever seen that affected police behavior, was having a seriously powerful state/federal authority breathing down their necks, ready to send them to "poke in the ass prison", or really bad people with guns planting them in the ground. That's it.
Law suites sometimes affect the politician leadership, but not always. It puts money in the pockets of the lawyers, who were or will be politicians themselves. They almost never actually affect the day-to-day operations of police officers. Any cop is quick to point out that the law that gets practiced in a courtroom usually has little relation to the law on the street. You can actually take that as gospel.
Let the old guard scream.
Let them thrash around, and waste their resources in-effectively trying to hold back the sea. Their paid trolls, shills, and lawmakers will all try to stem the tide. To no good. There is no fighting an idea that's time has come.
What they'll find, is that having spent their resources fighting against it, they have little left to join it when they no longer have a choice. By fighting the future, instead of embracing, guiding, and becoming leaders of it, they effectively are destroying any profitable future they may have.
Let the idiots die. They always do.
Re: Re: Re: graphics
"Ownership of ideas"? I believe the RIAA/MPAA might disagree with you, there. They have literally spent MILLIONS of dollars in bribes to politicians in the USA and elsewhere to have laws and trade agreements created that DO give them ownership of ideas.
SOPA/PIPA and ACTA is twisting copyright into EXACTLY what you're against.
Class warfare
This is part of the reason the few remaining middle class, and most all the upper class, wonder why the rest of us hate them so much. They seem to think that people are poor, because they are stupid and/or lazy, when often it's because they lost everything they worked their whole life for to circumstances beyond their control.
I suppose I could be rich, if I used their morals. I'd just kidnap a bus-load of rich kids, and throw their decapitated heads out a window until I got what I wanted. It's "free market economics" in all it's brutal glory. I'd have something they want, and they'd have to trade with me to get it. If I'm sufficiently ruthless, and have a good enough plan, I'll get away with it. Thus proving that I'd be "worthy" of being one of them.
Gads. Just thinking like that makes me feel dirty, like a lawyer for the IRS.